You don't need a license to wander around on the pavements
but the police will still stop you if you're careening around being a pissed up hazard to yourself and/or others.
(berk, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:38, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Replying to both
Yes I'm sure the police can pull you and I expect it'd be drunk and disorderly, but surely can't be the same offence as drunk driving.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:41, Reply)

not a lot of difference between the damage you can do, or even the speeds you can reach
on a bike and a small moped.

in any event, in the real world cyclists get away with a lot of shit that is flat out illegal because no one cares
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:45, Reply)

Are you telling us that you can get nicked for speeding on a pushbike?
Never mind the moped - you need a provisional for that.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:51, Reply)

If you coud get one over 30 I would assume so, why not.
should be possible I could get my mountainbike up to 25, here: this summarises a lot of bike law, it's long so best to skip to the bit that interests: www.bikehub.co.uk/featured-articles/cycling-and-the-law/

Edit: OK, I was wrong on speeding.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 21:56, Reply)

I found the drunk bit
You can be fined but it's NOT the same as drivers of motorised vehicles.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:02, Reply)

Very difficult for a cyclist to kill someone by cycling at speed or while pissed.
Very different story for a car.

Then again, I can just imagine how different the literary landscape would be if JG Ballard had written Crash about bikes rather than cars.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:04, Reply)

it has been done a couple of times
but it's not easy, takes skill.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:06, Reply)

fair do's
but as a rule of thumb, if it's an offence on one it's an offece on the other and most of the highway code applies.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:04, Reply)

The point I think I was getting at all along
Is that I have a driving license and if I break the law whilst driving I must accept the consequences of points.

If I break those laws whilst cycling, I don't have to produce my license because I don't need a license to ride a bike - nul points.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:10, Reply)

well, yes
you can't loose what you don't have. but a lot of people seem to think this means that cyclists are immune from the law and aso don't belong on the roads, neitherof which is true.

looking back the ony thhing I've been wrong on is the speed limit, but i may have missed the point, in which case sorry.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:14, Reply)

I failed my cycling proficiency test in junior school
But they didn't stop me from riding a bike.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:15, Reply)

This has nothing to do with anything
I never even took one.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:16, Reply)

That, CQ, is his point.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:18, Reply)

I didn't indicate at a junction on a bike
I was dragged before the beak, given a dressing down, fined and then banned from riding a bike for 20 minutes.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:17, Reply)

We don't have the problem with cyclists up here too much
And it's been a while since I lived on Maple Road as you'll remember, but there were a lot of cycling cunts in South London even then.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:17, Reply)

Someone I know got quadraspazzed by a drunk cyclist.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:18, Reply)

*sigh*
sadly most of them are cunts too. i'd like to se mandatory training or at least better enforcement of existing laws.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:25, Reply)

Like I say - ain't a problem in the beautiful civilised North.

( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:31, Reply)

you may, with the greatest possible respect, keep it.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:32, Reply)

I'm not just going to keep it
I'm going to cherish it forever. Tried your life and hated it.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:35, Reply)