NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi, Ah.............but its OK for a four wheeled vehicle to mount the kerb and park on the pavement You have to drive it there with wheels moving....................a bit rich, so there is odd's that if I ride on pavement because it will not annoy car drivers, or annoy them less than overtake a traffic queue, a smart bored in authority will fine me or is it just if they have camera's ?
It is ilegal to park on the pavement in London but if you drive over the pavement to a strip of land in front of a shop owned by the shop unless it is seen by a police officer in the process you cant be done for it.
bertgrower wrote: if you drive over the pavement to a strip of land in front of a shop owned by the shop unless it is seen by a police officer in the process you cant be done for it.
Driving or cycling across rather than along a footway to take the vehicle involved onto private land beyond it (e.g. into a driveway) is legal anyway.
I assume you went to Tesco Metro 90-100 Edgware Rd, London W 2EA then travelled north to Harrowby St, London W1. I know this area very well I cross Edgeware road near here last Friday. Then in IMHO what were you thinking off riding on the footway in that part of Edgeware road, it is very busy with pedestrians.
Pay the fine and put it down to experience.
BTW If are unable to cope with the traffic on Edgeware Road I would suggest you get some cycle training lessons.
Assuming it's a fixed penalty unless there was an error in the service of the fp you would be better paying up. Unless things have changed fp notices should only served where there is sufficient evidence to prosecute if the fp isn't accepted. You can complain to whoever you like but it's likely to be a waste of time.
A bike does more miles to the banana than a Porsche.
Whatever you decide to do going by what I know is pay the fine and then argue about it after as its not worth the risk of costs being added if you done pay. Good luck.
RakG wrote:This morning on Edgeware Road I received a £50 fine for being on the pavement for all of 5 seconds. I'd locked my bike up at Tescos for to grab breakfast, when I was leaving I didn't want to join Edgeware Road from the pavement as that's hugely dangerous, so I coasted down the pavement for 5 seconds to the first available corner where I could have joined the busy road. I received a £50 fine, no warning.
It's really annoyed me as I think I should have been given a warning. I fully intend to contest this by writing to the court about what happened.
Has anyone been in a similar position and had the fine revoked or is it just not worth it and should I pay the fine?
Thanks,
If it was a lone traffic warden or PCSO etc, couldnt you have just ridden off without giving your details? They wouldnt be able to send you a fine if they dont know who you are and where you live.
RakG wrote:This morning on Edgeware Road I received a £50 fine for being on the pavement for all of 5 seconds. I'd locked my bike up at Tescos for to grab breakfast, when I was leaving I didn't want to join Edgeware Road from the pavement as that's hugely dangerous, so I coasted down the pavement for 5 seconds to the first available corner where I could have joined the busy road. I received a £50 fine, no warning.
It's really annoyed me as I think I should have been given a warning. I fully intend to contest this by writing to the court about what happened.
Has anyone been in a similar position and had the fine revoked or is it just not worth it and should I pay the fine?
Thanks,
If it was a lone traffic warden or PCSO etc, couldnt you have just ridden off without giving your details? They wouldnt be able to send you a fine if they dont know who you are and where you live.
That, too is an offence, and potentially more serious than £50 for pavement cycling.
It is defined as part of the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme. Accredited persons have the right to require a persons details (just like a police officer), and refusal to provide them, or providing incorrect details is an offence. https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... eme-powers
“In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.” ― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
RakG wrote:This morning on Edgeware Road I received a £50 fine for being on the pavement for all of 5 seconds. I'd locked my bike up at Tescos for to grab breakfast, when I was leaving I didn't want to join Edgeware Road from the pavement as that's hugely dangerous, so I coasted down the pavement for 5 seconds to the first available corner where I could have joined the busy road. I received a £50 fine, no warning.
It's really annoyed me as I think I should have been given a warning. I fully intend to contest this by writing to the court about what happened.
Has anyone been in a similar position and had the fine revoked or is it just not worth it and should I pay the fine?
Thanks,
If it was a lone traffic warden or PCSO etc, couldnt you have just ridden off without giving your details? They wouldnt be able to send you a fine if they dont know who you are and where you live.
That, too is an offence, and potentially more serious than £50 for pavement cycling.
It is defined as part of the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme. Accredited persons have the right to require a persons details (just like a police officer), and refusal to provide them, or providing incorrect details is an offence. https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... eme-powers
And you can tell an accredited person apart from a potential mugger by their willingness to chase you? shout at you? dress up in costume?
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way.No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse. There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
Would a Goretex jacket (pre-owned) tempt anybody?
