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I think that you do not have to give any details to the police if they have arrested you. Whether or not this means you are not committing an offence by giving false details when the haven't arrested you, I don't know, but if they think you have, you are far more likely to be arrested. I had quite an arguement with the Transport Police about this when I was a nipper, which was never really resolved. They screwed the process for the whole thing, and in the end my caution for fraudulent use of a young persons railcard was never filed. Oh, what a wild and lawless youth I was!
Oodles of police pulling loads of cyclists lately on the new CS7 cycling super-highway, between three and seven motorcycle and scooter police at almost every set of lights through stockwell-oval-kennington last week. They must be having a big purge to go with opening the route. Having witnessed the number of clueless nodders and aggressive fixie skidder RLJs lately I can't say it's a bad thing.
I've even started obeying every light and sign myself, someone has to set a good example to the morons who can't tell the difference between carefully going through a junction on a red light when there are no cars/peds using it, or about to use it, and wizzing through a pedestrian crossing full of people trying to exercise a right of way they've patiently waited several minutes for. Goddam tossers.