Cycling down a one-way street

JackCB
JackCB Posts: 92
edited September 2009 in Commuting chat
Out for a cycle with my Dad, we came to a one-way street. He claimed that cyclists are allowed to cycle down a one-way street the wrong way. I'm familiar with certain streets (near where I live) that are one-way to cars but have a cycle lane running in the opposite direction, but I'd always thought that as a rule, cyclists had to cycle the right way along one-way streets. Who's right?

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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    You are.
  • JackCB
    JackCB Posts: 92
    So it's not allowed?
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    JackCB wrote:
    So it's not allowed?

    indeed, bar speed limits all laws apply, unless there is a sign up to sign that you are allowed like some one way streets say.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Yeah, the only ones you can go down the wrong way are the ones with a marked cycle lane against the one-way system... if you see what I mean...
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    do speed limits not apply?
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    roger merriman wrote:
    JackCB wrote:
    So it's not allowed?
    indeed, bar speed limits all laws apply, unless there is a sign up to sign that you are allowed like some one way streets say.
    Speed limits and drinkies.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    ride_whenever wrote:
    do speed limits not apply?

    they apply to motorised traffic so bike/horse etc aren't covered by that law, doesn't mean can't get done by others if you take the wee wee though.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    ooo, goody, so on st. giles in oxford (newly 20mph) i can speed over that with impunity...
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  • spen666
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    _Brun_ wrote:
    roger merriman wrote:
    JackCB wrote:
    So it's not allowed?
    indeed, bar speed limits all laws apply, unless there is a sign up to sign that you are allowed like some one way streets say.
    Speed limits and drinkies.
    Be careful with your last point

    There are 2 common drink offences

    1. Drunk in charge
    2. Excess alcohol

    The latter only applies to mechanically propelled vehicles- its what you know as the breathalyser situation

    The former applies to bcyclists and doesn't need a breathalyser - so you can be done for drunk in charge on a bike
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    ride_whenever wrote:
    ooo, goody, so on st. giles in oxford (newly 20mph) i can speed over that with impunity...

    Well, no, you can't because you're not committing the offence of speeding if you do say 25mph.

    You could be done for reckless cycling though.

    Royal parks such as Richmond omit the "motorised vehicle" part of the rule so it is possible to speed on a pushbike in those.
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  • d21dga
    d21dga Posts: 113
    Reminds me of the time one of my friends was cycling down a one way street the wrong way and a policeman was walking towards him on the pavement. The PC shouted out 'Oi, this is a one way street you know', to which my friend replied 'it's a good job I'm only cycling one way on it then isn't it'. Needless to say the PC didn't take too kindly to that!
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    prj45 wrote:
    You could be done for reckless cycling though.
    I think the offence is "cycling furiously" believe it or not.

    In which case I'm guilty quite often after a commute.
  • fatgit
    fatgit Posts: 166
    JackCB wrote:
    Out for a cycle with my Dad, we came to a one-way street. He claimed that cyclists are allowed to cycle down a one-way street the wrong way. I'm familiar with certain streets (near where I live) that are one-way to cars but have a cycle lane running in the opposite direction, but I'd always thought that as a rule, cyclists had to cycle the right way along one-way streets. Who's right?

    It depends where you live, see the article below...

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2074847/Cyclists-free-to-ride-wrong-way-down-one-way-streets.html

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