Just got a £30 ticket!

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Jono said:
Can't have been that empty if mr plod was around...

Telescopi hit the nail on the head. "Another crime solved".
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Okay, it wasn't empty. But is was far from busy. I was going slow enough to go around the few pedestrians that where there. I could have been coming down a PACKED pavement at 20mph on a proper bike and still have only for a £30 fine. So OTT.

Mind you they didn't care about my safety. Didn't mention the lack of reflectors/lights(I told them I ride to work when its dark in the morning) and a helmet. :p They where not looking out for anyone's safety (including mine).
 
platypus said:
Pedestrians shouldn't be in the road now, should they?
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yes and no, if pedestrians cross the road and there's a pedestrian crossing nearby. I'm pretty sure police can charge them with something. If there's an accident(I'm sure I seen them do it on one of these police programs).

But there perfectly fine walking down country lanes or other roads without pavements.
 
riddler said:
Ah really unlucky, but it is your own fault in two ways.

1. You broke the law
2. You got caught :)
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1. Yes
2. Its not my fault I got caught! He was a ninja police man. He just walked out of (from the angle I was looking) a brick wall and put his arm out and said "stop there!". Que me getting armed in the face :p

Like i keep saying, I'm not arguing I broke the law, not arguing that I don't agree with it. I'm arguing how they handled it. Like I said they wounder why young people are so disillusioned with society and the police! :confused:
 
TBH £30 on the odd occasion you get caught seems to be a reasonable price for a vastly reduced chance of being involved in a fatal road accident.
 
Green-Peace said:
Get off your high horse:rolleyes:
I bet you have broken the speed limit before?? That's breaking the law!
Breaking the speed limit puts peoples lives at risk the same CANNOT really be said for riding on the pavement!!
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Off course I have :)

And I posted it on here, saying I got caught and held my hands up. Did ask for sympathy or protest the ticket. Just went fair doo's I broke the law and got caught.

riding on the pavement certainly does endangers people lifes. It doesn't take much to seriously injure toddlers and old people.
 
Hello allllec,

A couple of weeks ago I was riding on the pavement and got stopped by a couple of police officers. I could say I was asking for it because I was ridding right pass a police station and their was a police van parked right next to it with about 5 police officers in it. :p Though, luckily I didn't get a fine because I said I didn't have a excuse when they asked me and just admitted that I was in the wrong.

I can completely see where you are coming from about ridding on busy roads and I too will also ride on the pavement instead of the road if it's busy. If I am ridding on the pavement, I won't be ridding like a idiot and will happily get of my bike if theirs anyone just about to walk past me.

I think fines should be more based on how you are ridding a bike on the pavement and not simply, your on the pavement - fine!!! If your ridding on the pavement, going as fast as you can and basically knocking pedestrians over then you should be fined, no doubt about that. However, if your simply ridding slowly, you are happy to get of your bike when pedestrians are near by or there's a corner up ahead and basically not acting like a complete mentalist :p then I honestly don't see the problem. :)

singist said:
If you don't feel safe on/in your vehicle, either you need to choose another type of vehicle or become a pedestrian but don't take your vehicle onto the footpath!
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Hello singist, that's not very fair though in my opinion. Cycling is a great way to get to places, it keeps you fit to a certain extent and is also a great way to save money and I don't think cyclists should be effectively penalised because they don't feel safe ridding on the road with machines right behind them that could potentially kill you in seconds. There needs to be more lessons geared towards cyclists about ridding on the road and to follow the Highway Code, their should also equally be lessons towards drivers to be more aware of cyclists and too respect them as well. :)
 
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Haggisman said:
TBH £30 on the odd occasion you get caught seems to be a reasonable price for a vastly reduced chance of being involved in a fatal road accident.
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:confused: Erm, More likley to have a fatal accident on a busy road than I am on a pavement? Not that this is the point..

AcidHell2 said:
riding on the pavement certainly does endangers people lifes. It doesn't take much to seriously injure toddlers and old people.
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One of the points I made was about the safety side of things. But you seem to be missing the point. I'm not really bothered about that. I'm bothered about how the situation was handled.

In the same way as if you did 31mph in a 30mph zone and they put you in front of a magistrate. You'd accept you'd broken the law but you would think "hang on this is a bit over kill no?"

(nb. That is just a really bad example that, of course, wouldn't happen.. I hope! :o)
 
allllec said:
In the same way as if you did 31mph in a 30mph zone and they put you in front of a magistrate. You'd accept you'd broken the law but you would think "hang on this is a bit over kill no?"
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That wouldn't happen unless you contested the fine. Yes that is a bit over kill. But how do we know how he was riding or why the police stopped him.

The point is he was stopped and fined. Just admit guilt and get on with it.
 
allllec said:
:confused: Erm, More likley to have a fatal accident on a busy road than I am on a pavement? Not that this is the point..
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I think you misread me, I would be perfectly willing to pay a "fee" of £30 on the occasion you get caught, for being able to ride on the pavement for a hugely reduced chance of being hit by an idiot in a BMW. :p
 
Fire Wizard said:
Hello allllec,

A couple of weeks ago I was riding on the pavement and got stopped by a couple of police officers. I could say I was asking for it because I was ridding right pass a police station and their was a police van parked right next to it with about 5 police officers in it. :p Though, luckily I didn't get a fine because I said I didn't have a excuse when they asked me and just admitted that I was in the wrong.

I can completely see where you are coming from about ridding on busy roads and I too will also ride on the pavement instead of the road if it's busy. If I am ridding on the pavement, I won't be ridding like a idiot and will happily get of my bike if theirs anyone just about to walk past me

I think fines should be more based on how you are ridding a bike on the pavement and not simply, your on the pavement - fine!!! If your ridding on the pavement, going as fast as you can and basically knocking pedestrians over then you should be fined, no doubt about that. However, if your simply ridding slowly, you are happy to get of your bike when pedestrians are near by or there's a corner up ahead and basically not acting like a complete mentalist :p then I honestly don't see the problem. :)



Hello singist, that's not very fair though in my opinion. Cycling is a great way to get to places, it keeps you fit to a certain extent and is also a great way to save money and I don't think cyclists should be effectively penalised because they don't feel safe ridding on the road with machines right behind them that could potentially kill you in seconds. There needs to be more lessons geared towards cyclists about ridding on the road and to follow the Highway Code, their should also equally be lessons towards drivers to be more aware of cyclists and too respect them as well. :)
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Agreed. On the last point I agree. I'm happy to ride on the road. And I feel totally comfortable with my ability to do so. What I don't feel comfortable with is my inability to see whats behind me (Can only look over my shoulder every so often on the road in question because of car doors flying open). I also don't feel comfortable because when I am on the road. People some how think when they are coming up to a corner or something where they have to give way they decide "Oh it's only a cyclist that doesn't apply". Of course it does.

Also isn't really fair to everyone on the roads they cyclists can go out not knowing the law and how they should behave. (Like myself). All a untrained cyclist has (like myself again) is common sense. And mine said very quiet pavement = safer for myself and won't hold up the traffic.

So okay, that was breaking the law. but has that £30 fine actually changed anything? It's made me feel even more detached from the police force. I don't feel comfortable around police as it is even when I know for a fact I'm doing nothing wrong! And daft things like this only add to that feeling.
 
That copper must have been very bored, i'd be very annoyed too OP! The roads are more dangerous for Cyclists for a start. But cyclists are the least of the worries on the pavement, i've lost count how many times i've had to play chicken with a granny on a motorised wheel chair. What happened to them things being a slow 5-7MPH, these days they are turbo charged wheel spinning mean machines
 
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