ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Printable Version

ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Printable Version

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ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - SEPTIKANGEL - 11-05-13

Gotta feel sorry for him. :rolleyes
My son, passed his CBT, started riding his CBF125 in March (proud Dad & Mum) and was doing quite well 'till yesterday.
Fell off in rain at low speed on a roundabout, no injury, minimal damage.
Limped home with forks twisted in yokes and bent bars.
Straightened out easy enough, then he opened a brown envelope with this........

Cried? :'( I nearly PMSL. :lol
Steep learning curve innit. Poor bugger!

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Razgruff - 11-05-13

Poor kid lol

But he's earned his badass biker stripes in my book Confused

mokin :thumbup

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Skippernick - 11-05-13

sorry, is he not allowed in the bus lane?
is that push bike painted on the ground then?

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - SEPTIKANGEL - 11-05-13

Hi Skipper, it's a pedal cycle 'icon' painted on the raodway, but my sons left mirror makes it look like a crash helmet is also painted on the floor. Just the photo angle unfortunately otherwise I'd have been straight onto the council!

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - BBROWN1664 - 12-05-13

Check the signposts as they may allow motorbikes in he lane too. Also, it's not unheard of for he cnuts to send out a postal fine foe a time of the day when the lane is non operational.

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - bri h - 12-05-13

I feel sorry for the lad hope he gets away with it but i bet you pay the fine if he doesnt haha.

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Farjo - 12-05-13

Looks like he was caught by this camera: http://goo.gl/maps/TS81R Kids eh!

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - slimwilly - 12-05-13

GUILTY!!!! :lol

poor boy, must learn to read.

Stupid rule though.

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - portboy - 12-05-13

Looks like he's wearing plimmys !!! WTF Sad

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - ddtwelve - 12-05-13

:lol id argue with it as it says bicycle in my road tax renewal form and its onlt a 125cc not much faster than a push bike either hehe

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - sure2ride - 12-05-13

I think someone on here posted a reference to that argument on a you tube clip a while ago. The clip showed the rider trying to argue that case with a police officer who stopped him in a bus lane, the rider even had his log book to hand in anticipation of being stopped. (admittedly it was a bigger bike but the principle was the same)..needless to say he lost the argument and got a penalty. :\

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - stevierst - 12-05-13

Yeah, by the letter of the law its a motor vehicle unfortunately, not a bicycle. Anything powered by steam, electric, petrol, diesel, oil, or gas is a motor vehicle. Taxation class always pops up as bicycle, and is a bit of a bone of contention with riders/cops. Its a bit misleading, and badly worded!:-\

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Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Chillum - 12-05-13

How does that fit in with some of these electrically assisted pushbikes then?

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - Dead Eye - 13-05-13

I assume they should be fine as they don't have a registration plate - no where to send a fine to Tongue

Re: ROUNDABOUTS & BUS LANES - stevierst - 13-05-13

(12-05-13, 11:53 PM)Chillum link Wrote: How does that fit in with some of these electrically assisted pushbikes then?

I assume the word 'assisted' is the key there. It still has pedal propulsion as its primary power.

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