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• #477
Some coppers (usually a pair) standing by a police cabin in the middle of the road by some traffic lights in Aldgate, Westbound, just before the road splits into Fenchurch St/ Leadenhall St. Some beef going on between them an a commuter..
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• #478
Just seen someone get blatantly caught bang to rights on the junction of clerkenwell rd/farringdon road, silly buggers were riding on the pavement towards a waiting policeman..
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• #479
never ever seen or even heard of dedicated bike police, but can understand in london some kind of need for it.
Q...
boris bikes, almost all of those stands are mounted a good distance into a pavement or pedestrian only complex, so yeah I often ride around on pavements looking for a docking station, not knowing my way around london that well yet it takes forever sometimes especially since they aren't signposted. Do I get some kind of special allowance because I ride boris specials? -
• #480
No
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• #481
Just pull over, get off your bike and push it to the docking station.
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• #482
The only valid legal excuse for riding on a pavement is that you're scared. ie getting out of the way of a dangerous driver or something.
But then and again I doubt most police know this. For example, it's illegal to ride a bike with less than two brakes on the road here but have you ever heard of anyone getting stopped on a brakeless bike? This is why all bikes legally have to be sold from a shop with two brakes even if it's a fixed. I got stopped for doing two redlights in a row a while ago in Camden and the two police were complimenting my front brake only fixie as they used to be keen cyclists so we were chatting bikes. I thought they were going to let me off the bastards...
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• #483
The only valid legal excuse for riding on a pavement is that you're scared. ie getting out of the way of a dangerous driver or something.
**Highway Code 64: **You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.
Zoidberg, A fixed wheel count as a brake itself under UK law, so front brake mean it complied with the Highway Code.
Shop that sell fixed/singlespeed bicycles have two brakes because the owner might want to run it as singlespeed.
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• #484
The law is an arse but not that much of an arse.
There's holding your line and there's also being bloody stupid...
But have you ever heard of a brakeless bike being stopped? I know enough bmxers and fixy riders who're brakeless and never been stopped.
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• #485
There's being stupid by jumping a red light and calling them bastard for catching you.
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• #486
There's probably a couple of cyclists who got pulled over for riding a brakeless bicycles but it's not exactly widespread, at least in my case when I was riding a brakeless fixed wheel bicycle for a couple years.
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• #487
I never said I was perfect, breaking news: you're not either.
Ah, the joy of message boards...
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• #488
Nobody perfect, but then you do have a choice in the end.
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• #489
I saw 3 cops booking RLJ on bishopsgate, then got shouted at by an Aussie Hobby Bobby near London Bridge.
Watch out.
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• #490
One interesting point of note (can't remember where I read it, but somewhere authorative, a link on here somewhere (not necessarily this thread)):
While jumping red lights and riding on the pavement are fixed-penalty offences, riding without lights (after dusk) or riding without brakes are not, which means to fine you they have to take you to court and prosecute you properly, which is probably why you don't see many people getting pulled up for it.
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• #491
And yes, obvioulsy, a brake doesn't have to be two bits of rubber attached to a wire operated by a lever that makes them push against some part of the wheel. Anything that acts to slow the rotation of the wheel under user control counts as a brake. Such as a chain attached to the pedals that your feet are on.
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• #492
Good info guys, cheers and wherecan I get one of those fetching t shirts?
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• #493
Spaghetti Hoops got fined twice in one go
Once for riding the wrong way up a road and then for being a brakless fixie skidder.
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• #494
Photoben has been caught but not fined riding brakless, told to walk though (till he was around the next corner)
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• #495
Remember you can ride on the pavement if you are teaching your sons to ride providing you are not causing problems to other pavement users and that under 16 are not allowed to ride on the road - Metropolitian Police bike team Cycle show Oct 2010. That is confusing as 2 Panda cars pull up a year ago tell me and my 7 year old who was a late learner to get off the pavement and on to the main road now this is a dangerous road with cars going very quickly. Pointing out one of these speeding cars the police said 'noting to do with us mate'. These people also confirmed they would only get involved if my son was a fatality on this road. Great so you can imagine why he did not appreciate being likened to one of Jim Henson's creations. The moral of this story is - well I'm not sure there are quite a few that come to mind.
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• #496
Really, 16? I never* cycled on the pavement, even as a kid. I learnt on the roads, and stayed on the roads.
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• #497
Remember you can ride on the pavement if you are teaching your sons to ride providing you are not causing problems to other pavement users and that under 16 are not allowed to ride on the road
What if you are teaching your daughters?
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• #498
I saw 3 cops booking RLJ on bishopsgate, then got shouted at by an Aussie Hobby Bobby near London Bridge.
Watch out.
as far as I'm aware, the plastic filth do not have the authority to detain you and by that I mean, lay a finger on you. so if you ride off, no biggie. they'll just get on their radio
this is the reason most of them give you the option: 'do you want a fine or a lecture?' *'they is frontin' bruv' *always so tempting to say it depends how long the lecture will be...
don't take my word for it but in my experience, just be polite, bite your tongue, make like you care and you'll be off
common sense usually prevails but if you're a dickhead you will get done. how profound...
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• #499
Really, 16? I never* cycled on the pavement, even as a kid. I learnt on the roads, and stayed on the roads.
Well aren't you just the model citizen!
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• #500
Lol, in the north, the rural north nobody cares about these issues.so long as you aren't drunk or going 1mph over the limit they never bother you.
They had about 12 pulled over when I came through about 10 mins ago, tickets flying everywhere!!