Police tickets

Just back from my holiday & the first full day, i cycled 10 meters on the pavement because the road curb was blocked by parked cars & i was stopped and got a £30 fine!
Was so pissed at the pettyness of the police, cant they get real criminals!?

Is there any right of appeal? or should i just pay up and just get over it?

Just get a fucking dictionary...

Just back from my holiday & the first full day, i cycled 10 meters on the pavement because the road curb was blocked by parked cars & i was stopped and got a £30 fine!
Was so pissed at the pettyness of the police, cant they get real criminals!?

Is there any right of appeal? or should i just pay up and just get over it?

You have conceded the point that you commited the act for which you were fined. There is no right of appeal because you think that the issuing officer was being petty. As always, if you can't pay the fine, don't get caught in the first place.

.......blah,blah....... As always, if you can't pay the fine, don't do the crine.

rhymes betterer

crine never peys

i think your right. i have never heard of crine paying for anything. crine is a freeloader!

Just get a fucking dictionary...

I doubt that would have the vocabulary in it that he needs. :)

Gerald, I need to have a serious word with you. You know that you shouldn't sacrifice accuracy in favour of rhyme? Yes, it's true. :)

:-)

Once I ran a red light at a pedestrian crossing and got a fine.
Seemed sad to me seeing cars cabs running red lights constantly and stupid suits walking out right in front of you expecting you to slam on your brakes for them.
Didn't have any ID, copper didn't seem to be happy. It took 20 bloody minutes to issue the miserable paper, was late for work.
After 30 quid was happily paid, Ive been receiving the best threats in my mailbox I've ever seen. "If you dont comply..." arrest, wage capping, loan cutting..some more arrest. After sending off various letters, they would apologise each time, confirm the payment and tell me they would inform the court, while I just keep receiving threats.

Their fine system is not automatic. There are a bunch of "Goooood morning madam" types working that don't know what they're doing.

stupid suits walking out right in front of you expecting you to slam on your brakes for them.

And the law expects you to. Pedestrians have right of way on roads...

And the law expects you to. Pedestrians have right of way on roads...

in the middle of the road?

that's pretty sad.

And the law expects you to. Pedestrians have right of way on roads...

Not when there is oncoming traffic. Otherwise you would have pedestrians crossing into the road all the time and making claims.

They can only cross when it is safe to do so. Below is a statement as found in the Highway Code.

7 D. If traffic is coming, let it pass. Look all around again and listen. Do not cross until there is a safe gap in the traffic and you are certain that there is plenty of time. Remember, even if traffic is a long way off, it may be approaching very quickly.

The rule where they do have (some) priority is:

1. At a junction. When crossing the road, look out for traffic turning into the road, especially from behind you. If you have started crossing and traffic wants to turn into the road, you have priority and they should give way (see Rule 170).
   
   

You MUST NOT loiter on any type of crossing.
[Laws ZPPPCRGD reg 19 & RTRA sect 25(5)]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070108

I see suits crossing all the time, I just knock them over and throw photocopied parts of the Highcode at them... Not really.

They would never get a ticket, because they are all high class init init

What if i just run into one, it would hurt them more than me really... maybe I'm wrong. Would teach the silly bugger a lesson. Maybe I should get full body armour and be a fixed downhiller without any hills in central London. That would be wicked.

You'd get done, and rightly so.

What if i just run into one, it would hurt them more than me really...

Are you entirely sure about this?

Best to try and avoid such collision than trying to be a Spartan.

because i was serious.

do i like suits or respect them for walking out in cross of me every day?

no.
worth having a laugh, simples.

Putting other in harm's way just for your own amusment is not worth having a laugh, in fact it's pure stupidly.

Peds have right of way, if you were caught attempt assaulting a peds, they'll throw the book at you and...

You'd get done, and rightly so.

Don't be stupid.

My missus got caught last night jumping a red light (apparently flashing amber). Besides the point, the penalty notice was incorrectly completed by the officer. The main mistake he wrote down was "Mr" in the details so should I be able to call them up and dispute the ticket is void?

Putting other in harm's way just for your own amusment is not worth having a laugh, in fact it's pure stupidly.

Peds have right of way, if you were caught attempt assaulting a peds, they'll throw the book at you and...

Don't be stupid.

I don't think assaulting and harming people for the fun is such a good idea. I don't condone it in the slightest.

However, something has to be said about the large number of people that clearly don't follow safe highway practices because it is more convenient for them not to. that includes all us cyclists that jump light or cycle on the pavements and also include Taxis and buses that don't indicate when lane changes, turning or pulling over.

Every mornings on Waterloo Road or on Ludgate Hill, in the evenings at Rush hour, it's a nightmare, not only are peds using the crossing, mostly ignoring the little green man that is in place for their own safety.

You see people crossing fifteen or twenty yards from the marked crossing or walking out from behind the buses or parked cars or just simply stepping out without looking, whilst texting or with a phone to their ear is a personal favorite of mine. So even if you've cleared a crossing you still have to run the gauntlet as this bell-end plays frogger whilst fiddling with their iPod. Which as me all know is great fun until.. SPLAT!!!!

I understand, if I hit a pedestrian I'm at fault and I'll take my punishment. Having said that, what recourse is there if a ped steps out; you take avoiding maneuvers and get hit yourself by something bigger like a van or a buses (as happened to me not a week ago)

I hasten to add that not only pedestrian not stop to check I was alright, the woman that walked out in front of me was completely oblivious and carried on texting or doing whatever it was that had distracted her.

It was left to the driver of the bright red 'Transport for London' van to get out and check and peel me off the tarmac (I was alright, winded, minor cuts and bruises). I might add, that he was one of the nicest and most understanding van drivers I've come across in London. He gave me a big hug (which was appreciated at the time - thanks mate :D)

Still, I hope we can all agree that riding in London is crazy, it seems to be a bloody free for all out there some nights and mornings. It needn't be like this! If everybody, cyclist included thought about what they were doing and took others into consideration London roads would be a much safer.

If you've been caught flagrantly doing something you shouldn't then it's fair dos isn't it. Man up, pay your fine and don't do it again. No point digging your heels in, as it draws a lot of unwanted attentions.

Unfortunately Police only see that law they try to understand it, but they are simple folk and they've been brainwashed, so you have to forgive them alright for being mindless robots devoid of personalities and sense of humor. There is no grey area at all... ever. Fair enough. Paying the fine is much easier than a day in the magistrates court and losing a days pay, believe that!

Surely the biggest deterrent having been fined (on a couple of occasions myself) would be the patronizing tone of the officer or the time they take issuing your ticket Perhaps even humiliation of when they enact there stop and search policy and you have your scrotum being tugged on in public. As they check you're not carrying anything you shouldn't. Don't quite know how being stopped for running a light is grounds for a search, but there you go. They clearly know best.

All of us here at some point or another have ridden on the pavement or run a flashing amber or ever a red or too. There was an occasion that I was caught blasting all the red light on Old Kent road at three in the morning, didn't realize I had a cop car up me arse the whole distance. Of course I was fined. I tried to argue that there wasn't anything on the road, I had assessed the risks and I did it anyway. Didn't help my cause any.

My missus got caught last night jumping a red light (apparently flashing amber). Besides the point, the penalty notice was incorrectly completed by the officer. The main mistake he wrote down was "Mr" in the details so should I be able to call them up and dispute the ticket is void?

Could be.

I know someone who got caught (it was a good few years ago now) and they spelled his name wrong on the form. When the letter arrived he just sent it back saying nobody of that name at this address. They never bothered chasing it up.

But then 'Mr' isn't part of your actual name. That's like if they sent it addressed to Mr and you sent it back saying you prefer to go by the title 'Ace' or something. Which I do btw.

Depending on days, I ride a 'big' motorbike, a 125 scooter, or a fix bike to go to work. I am always on two wheels and I am sorry to say but some peds deserve a good kicking. I know it is not the right thing to do but just tonight I hit one of those bas**rdsd crossing without looking on my push bike. I hate them - sorry to say. It's not hatred per say but if they are willingto put me in danger, they might as well assume the consequences. Tonight, I hit his balls when he came around to ask me if I was ok. No, I am not fuc*ing ok. and now he knows it.
I am not a bad person, just someone who has been trying to raise awareness of two wheelers for more than a decade.

and my left wrist is hurting. On my way to king's college hospital. what a nice evening on perspective...

Next time I get stopped I'm telling the OB I'm Edward Scoble... I've had this on my mind for ages, I'll give them an old address and postcode as well... Have I been stopped? Have I fuck...

We should all do this... :D

Ta Joe, I'll tell them who was the impersonator is when they come round asking.