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  5. Lights.

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    Posted · Edited by TomR

    It's really interesting. I was saying to the police woman how i know can't ride this bike on the road anyway becuase it hasn't got a seat. And i'm not allowed to ride it during the day becuase it has no reflectors, so what was the point in getting lights as i can't get a seat. She said the only place i am allowed to ride it is at a privatly owned area. :blink:

    I don't think theres a law on seats is there?

    But yeah, basically you can get done for everything no matter how hard you try :rolleyes: riding on the pavement, riding without lights, reflectors and bell. If you have lights most coppers overlook reflectors so thats them ticked off. Noone seems to give a toss about helmets, bells etc, at least i've never been bothered about 'em.

    One more point for everyone to note if you're planning on getting 'smart' with a copper - If you are riding on the footpath without lights and mr plod comes up and threatens to fine you for not having lights, dont get snotty saying 'well im on the path so i dont need them' because the law states that it is an offence to cycle on the highway without lights etc, and a footpath is adopted as a part of the highway. Road is carriageway, pavement is footway, and the whole lot that is adopted by the council is highway as everything is adopted under the same part of the highways act.

    [/Geeky highways junk]

    As for helmets i'm the opposite to Mark, I get scared of riding BMX because pedalling like hell at something scares me more than slowly hopping about on something.

  6. Lights.

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    So if i was just on a shop front, like a extra wide pavement, i couldn't get done for no lights etc, but could for riding on the pavement?

    No, cycling on the footpath is also an offence under the road traffic/highways act or whatever one it is. If you're outside a shop front (and not on public highway) then they can't do you for either. As for 'extra wide pavements' that depends on where it is really as to whether it would actually be a wide pavement or for exampe a 2m pavement then a load of privately owned tarmac beyond that.

    Generally the local council would adopt as highway - the road, and a 1.8 or 2m footpath or verge. Anything beyond that would probably be privately owned, so a stairset, wall, parking outside or next to a shop etc is probably owned by the shop, therefore they can't prosecute you under road traffic law. Councils don't freely adopt anything in sight up to the front step of a shop, it's a- not their responsibility to maintain the areas serving shops, and b- its maintenance costs they dont want. Pedestrianised town centres are confusing though, i don't know what theyre classed as, but most have no cycling rules anyway so you cant win there.

    Best to weigh it up though because if you're trashing walls and start getting cocky about traffic law then they'll whack criminal damage on you instead. Knowledge is power, especially when you can put one over on some incompetent PCSO :P Feel free to PM me if you want any more info.

  7. Lights.

    in Trials Chat

    Posted · Edited by TomR

    A few points-

    1. Use of a helmet is not legally enforcable, bikes are relatively 'safe' in that they are low speed. Yes, as a road user you could get hit by a car and may well need a helmet, but so could a pedestrian.

    2. Clipping lights to your jeans could still land you a fine/prosecution as the wording of the law states that your bike, not your backside, should be fitted with a light.

    3. Other than the woman not being able to enforce wearing lid, she was probably going on the lines of if you have lights you won't get squashed and need a helmet.

    4. If you're on a pedestrianised area, shop front, whatever it is that is not a public road, footpath or right of way, she can't do jack anyway as it's the Road Traffic Act i believe that states the rules on lights, reflectors, bells etc. So if you're not on an adopted road then it doesn't apply. Info regarding the extent of highway in your favourite riding spots can be had from the local council thanks to the ever-so-wonderful FOI act.

    Edit:

    its a joke, they said the same to us when we where riding down the path in Guisbrough, with a cycle path on it

    A cycle path is adopted under the highways act so rules on lights and bells etc still count.

  8. Who Knows About..

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    Search on some focus owners club forums, probably a common question, and with some cars the preceeding digits in the engine/chassis number can give away details about the car like that.

    Also the V5 may state it if youre lucky.

  16. Car Insurance Question.

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    Yeah exactly. How are they to know? If I have a smack in it and claim, how are they to know if I've been driving it alot. There's no way to prove it...

    For example if you have a full time job and crash on the way to work, theyll query in great depth why you were driving it.

  19. The Bourne Ultimatium

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    It's explained more in the 2nd and 3rd ones ;)

    I think they're pretty rubbish films, kind of need to switch off and just watch it. The Bourne Supremacy did my head in with all the stupid camera angles and flashbacks, really annoyed me.

    Thats all well and good if you watch them all in a row but if you watch it when it comes out in the cinema you won't really know. It is however good at making you watch the second and third ones upon release, i'll give 'em that.

  20. The Bourne Ultimatium

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    Yeah i'd kinda picked up on the fact that they missed out the main reason Bourne exists amongst other things! I had trouble watching the film indepently from the story set out in the books, and in any case i feel the films abit jumpy and doesnt necessarily explain many things too well.

  23. What Did You Get

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    Canon EOS400D (combined xmas/21st bday present)

    Case, UV filter, 2gb CF card

    The bourne trilogy DVD and the last of the three Robert Ludlum books.

    Shirts, boxers, slippers, scarf etc..

    Bottle of Amaretto

    LED Lenser torches.

    Choccies and random bits and bobs.

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