"Graculus" wrote in message
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> "TimB" wrote in message
> news:ee1705fb-4419-4fe8-910e-9ea9f0b3270e@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> > What's the law on cycling the wrong way up a one way street? A few
> > days ago, I was walking home, and saw two people on white Police
> > cycles, wearing hi vis jackets with POLICE emblazoned on the back,
> > travelling at a very leisurely pace, the wrong way round a local one
> > way system, on the pavement. It may or may not have said "Community
> > Support Officer" in smaller writing underneath.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I was too far behind the officers to challenge them
> > about their behaviour. I managed to get a few photos on my phone, but
> > they're very poor quality and wouldn't allow for identification. What
> > would be the best route to take to report these officers? As a
> > cyclist, I despise inconsiderate cycling at the best of times, but
> > from people who are a) supposed to be enforcing the law, and b) whose
> > inconsiderate cycling is much more noticable because of their
> > position, it's unacceptable.
> >
> > If this was a normal cyclist, what would be the expected penalty if
> > caught doing this?
>
> Cycling on the pavement is illegal, whether in the direction of the
traffic
> on the road or not (unless signed otherwise, e.g. shared cycle/pedestrian
> path).
> If on the roadway itself, then cycling the wrong way down a one-way street
> is just as illegal as if done in a car.
> Report them to chief constable, saying they should be setting an example,
I am sick to the back teeth of people riding on the pavement, mostly these
idiots with the little bikes that they stand on, as the seat is too low to
sit on, this seems to be the norm now, and they look at you as if you
arefrom the moon if you say anythingto them, if I was a copper I would book
them
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