That cyclist in Brighton. What a cock, eh?
Just goes to show where acting clever gets you - £700 fine + over £200 costs rather than a telling off if he'd stopped or a fixed penalty otherwise.
Made me laugh anyway!
It was hilarious. I found myself willing the Police to nick him.
missed it but saw identical post in a motorcycle forum, will have to i-player it now!
He's a tool, he really is.
He's gotta be a STW regular with that attitude.
So is being drunk in charge of a pedal bike actually an offence?!
Who lives in Brighton and rides a Specailized?
Breath - They didn't do him for the booze, just 4 other offences I think...
I'm pretty sure being drunk on a pedal cycle is indeed illegal isn't it? A guy I know got stopped for being pissed on a unicycle, they didn't actually charge him though.
what a nobbert!
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He's gotta be a STW regular with that attitude.
If he was a true STWer he would have cried, said 'yes officer, sorry officer' then slagged them off on here when he got home
breatheeasy - MemberSo is being drunk in charge of a pedal bike actually an offence?!
Riding under the influence is - but they have to show you are impaired and unsafe which is not easy. a breathalyser won't do
PP - I know, I can't remember if they quoted that at him, or did he say that to the cops?
A guy I know got stopped for being pissed on a unicycle
Surely that's not possible to ride a unicycle with any amount of alchohol in you!!!
Thought it was a Scott
While the cops where nicking primrose, did anyone notice the old grannie wobble past on the shopper bike with no lights.
It was a scott
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While the cops where nicking primrose, did anyone notice the old grannie wobble past on the shopper bike with no lights.
I saw that, and and she had a bag of shopping hanging from her bars!!!
Just goes to show where acting clever gets you - £700 fine + over £200 costs rather than a telling off if he'd stopped or a fixed penalty otherwise.
Bit of a bellend tbqfh but fine handed out seems a bit harsh.
P.S. do you need lights/reflectors on a unicycle at night ?
chvckI'm pretty sure being drunk on a pedal cycle is indeed illegal isn't it?
Might be different here in NI but I've spoken to several cops, one of whom was traffic branch and quite knowledgeable. He told me it absolutely was NOT an offence. However, he said that there was an offence - furious or reckless cycling/riding (I think), which can apply to almost any vehicle.
His take was that if you were drunk on a bike and a cop wanted to do you he would find some way of implying that you were cycling aggressively or just do you for "breach of the peace", the one size fits all crime for troublesome members of the public as he put it.
Section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991, provides the offence of cycling on a road or public place whilst under the influence of drink or drugs. It states:
30(1) A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the cycle) is guilty of an offence.
The Licencing Act 1872 also makes it an offence to be drunk in charge of a carriage (which includes bicycles), horse, cattle, or steam engine or drunk in possession of a loaded firearm. So don't do any of those either 😉
What the cop in crashasaurus post is getting confused with is its not an offense to ride a bike over the drink drive limit - the offense is as Andituk says
So to clarify, it's not an offence to ride drunk, only to be [b]too drunk to be in control of your bike[/b], and or gun?
I reckon I could easily demonstrate my competence whilst drunk on my bike via the medium of the manual and bunny hop.
crashasaurus, please tell me you use the WTB range of tyres such as all-terrainasaurus rex?
I was offended that they called him a "cyclist"! He was just a pr1ck on a bike.
He was just a pr1ck on a bike.
Whereas a lot of STWers are nothing of the sort? 😯
His fine was spot on given what a co*k he was BUT £700 compared to £30 and 3 points for Precious Primrose and her lying perverting the course of justice provisional licence with no supervising driver antics is just mad. I'd have thought your insurance was invalid in such circs - hate folk like that as no insurance can be anything but a victimless crime if you mow down the main wage earner in a family and have sod all assets yourself. Means tested fines are bollo*ks too - enforced organ donorship is the way imho. Breathe.....
He was a cock, but the fine was ridiculous in comparison to the motorists fines.
[i]"The magistrate decided to make an example of him to other lycra lunatics" [/i]
Shove it up your arse Theakston.
Did they say what the blokes name was? Might be some fun googling to do
BUT £700 compared to £30 and 3 points
Would 'Primrose' have gone to court for her offences ? He could have had a small fine if he'd accepted it on the street but he wanted to go to court.
yeah isn't £30 fine and points instead of going to court, pretty sure you get more £££s if not points too if you dispute it in court and lose.
Lycra lout/lunatic, hate that phrase, not seen the vid, was the rider actually wearing lycra when he was caught? Most knobs on bikes don't
fubar - agreed though I was shouting for them to shove him in the van and drive over his bike as he was a complete t*t. I wanted Primrose in court too as she clearly was happy to lie to a PC which surely merits more than 3 points etc. Not withstanding she had her kids in the back etc etc. I really shouldn't watch these progs as some of the fines etc for traffic offences when lives haven't been taken but could have been are unbelievable. Have a mate who's a PC and he's become immune to it which says it all....
I know it's been done before but the whole no insurance things is just not taken seriously (especially when the fine's not a 1/10th of the insurance cost or your vehicle's worth next to nowt). Gonna go do some work as even I'm bored at my ranting 🙂
Agreed PP - Fabulous car crash telly.
A fine demonstration of how to wind up two slightly bored coppers who were trying to prevent a drunk bloke on a bike being sideswiped.
Loved the disagreement about how drunk he was.
A smile and a "yes I'm an idiot and will walk the rest of the way" and he'd have been just warned as well being still alive...
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They should have let the bloke on the bike go!
But I guess because of being in front of the cameras it was their chance for fame
'look guys' we've nicked a cyclist. Big deal !! Go and cop some real criminals next time.
And as for the judge fining him - well the judge is obviously a cyclist hating petrolhead!
Did they say what the blokes name was? Might be some fun googling to do
They played it out as he told the Polis. I think he said Richard Hodgkiss, or at least Richard something begininng with Ho...
[i]did anyone notice the old grannie wobble past on the shopper bike with no lights.[/i]
she's a bit of a characeter in Hove, often with her son following on another bike.
She does tend to ignore other road users both on the bike and when walking but, fair play to her, she's been riding around like that for the 15 years I've lived in Hove and seems to be keeping fit.
Chris S - I think they did the right thing - have a word about riding with no lights - him behaving like a complete twunt was what cost him a grand.
'look guys' we've nicked a cyclist. Big deal !! Go and cop some real criminals next time.
Why should he get away with it? Are you telling me traffic offences don't matter?
[i]They should have let the bloke on the bike go! But I guess because of being in front of the cameras it was their chance for fame
'look guys' we've nicked a cyclist.[/i]
Did you watch the programme? Certainly not the impression I got. They said they'd have let him go with a ticking off but the guy was being such an belligerent arse about it they did him for the offences he'd committed.
The classic "go and cop some real criminals" .... title of the programme "traffic police" ... gives the game away really, yes they do catch real criminals but their predominant role is to deal with traffic matters.
Compare and contrast reactions now you've seen what happened!
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/700-fine-for-brighton-cyclist
Well I watched it and he got what he deserved. I commute every day on the roads and obey traffic laws - he was drunk, cycling very badly, jumped a red light, and was instantly aggressive. I would have nicked his bike and crushed it like someone in a car who have 👿
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00v8lys/Traffic_Cops_Wheels_of_Fortune/
Skip to 42 mins 15 seconds - they make your decision on that 🙂
You think that's bad? Christ, you should see me when I get going with the Babylonians! 😀
That bloke was a bit of a t1t, and those coppers were being nice for the cameras (as they always are on these shows). But what a waste of time. Still, the treasury gets a few quid to go towards paying for the courts and that I spose.
I've had coppers pull me over and be absolute arseholes. I once had 8 coppers (3 cars too) surround me for hopping onto a kerb and rolling towards a bike stand on an empty bit of pavement near St Pauls. One got all Cartman on me, but I just laughed at him. Eventually they all buggered off 'cos they couldn't take any more of my gob! Winner.
Works both ways. I've seen the arsey jumped up 'Little Hitler' side of the police many times. Talk down to you like you're a kid. I've told them to have more respect for me; addressed one fat ****t as 'sonny' the whole time he was gabbing on at me. He din't like that, but then maybe he should've started off by being a bit more polite than shouting out 'Oi!' to me (I'd shouted at him to watch where he was going, when he indicted right but then turned left, causing me to have to brake suddenly to avoid hitting him). I treat the police with no more respect than any other public servant, and if they don't treat me with due respect, they'll get none in return.
Those coppers seemed more than reasonable with that bloke, but din't that Black copper have a funny shaped head or what?? 😯
Racist!
No but he did though!
Nothing to do with his race. I as merely pointing out his colour, to distinguish him from the White copper.
But you knew that anyway, and just want to call me a racist.
Which makes [i]you[/i] a racist.
buggered off 'cos they couldn't take any more of my gob! Winner.
Hmm - Why be gobby - just say oops - yes I shouldn't ride on the pavement govner. Yes there are some knobby coppers out there as there are knobby cyclists ?
This is true however 🙂 Unless you don't care about flouting the law?don't treat me with due respect, they'll get none in return.
The person who had a funny shaped head did have a funny shaped head didn't he 🙂
Hmm - Why be gobby
You haven't met him have you? He's just a (racist) gob on legs, basically. It's what he was born for, his reason d'etre, the very core of his being and also his main hobby......
I apologised, said 'yep, sorry about that', though that was it. Then this one pompous arse starts giving me the third degree. I just said 'yeah whatever mate' and went to walk away, then it all went silly. He called for backup, within 30 seconds there was a whole mob of them, wondering what on earth was going on.
He could've just gave me a ticket, but instead he had to bang on about why I shouldn't ride on pavements etc. Like I was even listening. I was waving to tourists on the open-topped bus who were taking pictures of us! 😆
Even one of the WPCs was struggling not to laugh.
He's just a (racist) gob on legs, basically. It's what he was born for, his reason d'etre, the very core of his being and also his main hobby......
😆
Ha ha! Brilliant. It's funny, because it's true!!* That's set me up for the rest of the day, that has. Nice one Peter!
(*Apart from the 'racist' bit. I'm not a racist, but Peter is)
The person who had a funny shaped head did have a funny shaped head didn't he
He [i]did[/i] though, din't he?
from andy146's linked thread
Herr Poddy: And yet, drive banned, with no tax or insurance, and get fined £200 or so.....
Wrong again, PP - waaaaay less 🙁
that copper should be disciplined for being so kack
(and the other one too - for having a funny head)
drive banned with no insurance yo will have your car scrapped, you stand a fair chance of jail.
Tens of thousands of care removed from the roads like this every year IIRC.
ANPR combined with teh power to seize cars has made this much harder to get away with for any length of time
Now if I posted a screencap of the man with the funny shaped head would I get banned for being shapist or racist or both?
He's just a (racist) gob on legs, basically. It's what he was born for, his reason d'etre, the very core of his being and also his main hobby......
Brilliant, just brilliant!
(Love you really Elf!)
DrP
Now if I posted a screencap of the man with the funny shaped head would I get banned for being shapist or racist or both?
I don't think it's really necessary. I merely commented that he had an unusually shaped head, I don't think a pic would help as it would possibly show him up for ridicule, which I don't think he deserves. I was merely pointing this out from an anatomical point of view, not to insult or belittle that individual.
Of course I just wanted to see if the general consensus was that he had a funny shaped head not just us two 😉
No don't it's not kind. Wish I hadn't mentioned it now really. 😥