Children riding bikes on pavements

[Darrin Turnbull]

What does this mean . (spare the masses of asses here).

 

(Laws with regard to riding a bicycle with a helmet.)

 

It's nothing to do with helmets.

[Treewolf]

So would the policeman rather be telling the little girl off for riding on the pavement, or telling the parents that their daughter has been killed by a car?

 

Whatever happened to common sense?

 

I really despair for the human race sometimes.

[Lucan]

I thought it was 14yrs old in the UK but could be wrong

 

Pet hate is when you have adult cyclists on the pavement who expect you to step onto the road so they can get past.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

It's illegal to ride on the pavement, end of.

 

Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & R(S)A 1984, sect 129

[Mortimer Firewood]

Can't teach some one commen sense. Every one I know that's entered or opplied for the police force seems to have very little.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Common sense does not usurp the rule of law. Get the law changed...

 

Police should not have apologised.

[Stubby]

It's illegal to ride on the pavement, end of.

 

Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & R(S)A 1984, sect 129

 

I already said that but FFS common sense . A little girle on a bike withe stabilisers ? ...really ?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I already said that but FFS common sense . A little girle on a bike withe stabilisers ? ...really ?

 

Absolutely. The copper should have spoken with the parent though, not frightened the child. My Dad never let us ride on the pavement; he would not tolerate that kind of stuff. Hard maybe, but I respected him for upholding what he knew to be the law; likewise the Policeman in this case. Personally I do think children under 12 should be allowed to ride on the pavement but the bikes would have to be speed limited; whole other realm that one. My opinion is not above the law though.

[Stubby]

Sorry TCD . Did not mean to be snappy bud . . Its just that people having thier kit stolen etc etc etc

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Sorry TCD . Did not mean to be snappy bud . . Its just that people having thier kit stolen etc etc etc

 

It's me being snappy (true to form); not you chief