Can you be done for speeding on a bicycle?
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OP,
No idea of context, but in general - no, bikes don't have speedos so you can't be done on a road.
In a park? Don't ride like a dick .When I see people trying to "win" strava in Tatton park, my heart sinks. They make all the park goers dislike cyclists, and FFS no-one cares about segments like tatton park. Do the local time trial segments instead, the bar is far, far higher. Better yet, go up hill. Top 30% on Knutsford to cat and fiddle is >> top 10% in tatton.
No idea of context, but in general - no, bikes don't have speedos so you can't be done on a road.
In a park? Don't ride like a dick .When I see people trying to "win" strava in Tatton park, my heart sinks. They make all the park goers dislike cyclists, and FFS no-one cares about segments like tatton park. Do the local time trial segments instead, the bar is far, far higher. Better yet, go up hill. Top 30% on Knutsford to cat and fiddle is >> top 10% in tatton.
Antony Moxey said:
SS2. said:
Some Gump said:
..bikes don't have speedos so you can't be done on a road.
An absence of a speedometer is not the reason cycles can't be prosecuted for speeding.Also worth noting that [motor] vehicles exempt from having speedometers are not exempt from speed limits.
I overtook a police car coming down the other side of Holme moss, not sure what speed I was doing, but he looked like he was going backwards when I passed him on the racing line. Which wasn't unusual to be whizzing past cars on that road as I was pretty much fearless with zero regard for the consequences if it went wrong.
When he pulled me over he gave me a rollocking for .......... wearing headphones whilst cycling.
When he pulled me over he gave me a rollocking for .......... wearing headphones whilst cycling.
Don't think u'd ever get reported.
I've always taken a "f
kem" attitude to bike offences even after I've been tugged. Not confrontational or cheeky, more a shoulder shrug and "meh!" when being made aware of the error of my ways.
Funniest incident was the reaction of a twelve year old policeman (well not twelve but he was young) when he asked my date of birth and discovered the "lad" in the mountain bike gear who had stormed through the town centre and bunnyhopped a foot into the air off a dustpan lid mini-roundabout was 50.
I was quite disappointed not to get done as it's not a life changing conviction (no points, no career jeopardy, no stigma) and the fine would have been well worth the framed local paper court report that would have gone on my wall.
Plod knows convictions like that are badges of honour and act accordingly.
I've always taken a "f
kem" attitude to bike offences even after I've been tugged. Not confrontational or cheeky, more a shoulder shrug and "meh!" when being made aware of the error of my ways.Funniest incident was the reaction of a twelve year old policeman (well not twelve but he was young) when he asked my date of birth and discovered the "lad" in the mountain bike gear who had stormed through the town centre and bunnyhopped a foot into the air off a dustpan lid mini-roundabout was 50.
I was quite disappointed not to get done as it's not a life changing conviction (no points, no career jeopardy, no stigma) and the fine would have been well worth the framed local paper court report that would have gone on my wall.
Plod knows convictions like that are badges of honour and act accordingly.
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