Where is this?

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 15 Oct, 2012 7:05 pm

BarFly wrote: LS1 wrote: Is it OK to cycle on a pavement then or just a public footpath? It's OK I wasn't clear as I was responding to previous posts on another thread.It is illegal to ride on the pavement next to the road -- there's a specific law being broken. However, on a public footpath not next to a road then there are no laws prohibiting cycling unless there is a bylaw in place. BarflyAgreed‘Footpaths’ are not the same as ‘footways’ (pavements) their legal status differs too:1. A ‘footpath’ is located AWAY from the carriageway, whereas a ‘footway’ runs alongside(path at side of road- eg Headingley).2. Cycling on a footway(path at side of road) is a criminal offence (but Dept for Transport view is that Police discretion should be shown to minors and in circumstances for those whom cycling on the road would not be a safe option).3. By contrast, cycling on a footpath normally constitutes only a trespass against the landowner. If they prove they ARE the owner and ask you to leave, leave. This is a civil and NOT a criminal matter, i.e. neither the police nor a PCSO can take ANY enforcement action.If someone suggested you were "breaking the law", or intended to do so, they are wrong and it would be defamatory.Instead, an aggrieved landowner can either ask a cyclist who isriding on a footpath over their land to leave, or they can go to court to seek an injunction and/or damages against them. (Guess-timate £8,000 - this just doesn't happen.4. A bye-law can make it illegal to cycle on a footpath5. In 1994, the DfT confirmed “...that a cyclist pushing a bicycle on a pedestrian facility is regarded as a pedestrian.."The council's cctv motorbikes are to patrol the parks etc, they've done a great job of sorting out Hyde Park which was a bit 'anti-social'.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 25 Jan, 2013 8:32 pm

[quotenick="MWD"] Jogon wrote: .... Why, only the other day I refused to get out of the way of a cyclist on a public footpath.His face was a picture as he careered, out of control, into the undergrowth.Hope it wasn't you. (there's the smiley). [/quoteMWD]Sorry, missed this MWDNo, thankfully not me.Barfly hope it wasn't you?If true (?), MWD - your story sounds appalling

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 25 Jan, 2013 11:23 pm

Think this is going way off topic, but with message understood and 'where' question answered a while ago so thread done