The Luggage wrote:
>
> (posting from uk.rec.cycling) IANAL...
>
> My recollection is that this is one of several areas in traffic law
> where the exact circumstances and lots of apparently contradictory
> case law would determine the outcome of any action.
>
> From memory, case law allows you to walk with a bicycle across a road
> using a zebra crossing and be afforded all the rights of a pedestrian.
> Something about a bicycle being a normal accompanyment for a
> pedestrian, just like a pram.
No, you simply are a pedestrian. A bike is not a natural accompaniment
for the purposes of walking along a footpath.
> On the other hand, you can be prosecuted for getting off your bike and
> pushing it past a red traffic light as you are still traffic for this
> purpose. This is unless you lift the bike off the ground, at which
> point it transmutes into a package, not a means of transport.
The law for traffic lights refers to 'vehicular traffic'. The question
is whether an unladen bike is vehicular traffic.
> For the specific situation mentioned, it seems likely that pushing a
> bike through the no-entry signs and along the one way street is
> probably legal,
It depends on the traffic order. Often in the form 'no person shall
cause or permit any vehicle to proceed along Silly Street other than in
a North by North Westerly direction'. Which rules out shopping trolleys.
However, it may just specify 'motor vehicle' or add 'nothing in this
order shall make it unlawful for buses/pedestrians/pedal cycles etc.'
The Luggage would probably count as a vehicle, and proceeding would
not require the contact with the ground. |