Cycling offences, driving licenses and the law

Anonymous

I was having a heated discussion with my brother on this, but as far as I can tell (and what makes sense to me) you CANNOT receive points on your driving license for ANY offences committed on a bicycle.

The ones I can think of (I have no actual idea) which would get you points are:

Speeding
Drinking
RLJing

Can someone point me to specific points which would clear this up? My brother works with a policeman so I think I was overstepping the mark by saying it couldn't be done.

My example was that if 2 individuals were cycling along committing one of the above offenses, one with 9 points and one who had never had a license, the former would lose it, and the latter would only have a fine (or something).

Cheers

Ben6899

coriordan wrote:

...you CANNOT receive points on your driving license for ANY offences committed on a bicycle.

I think this sums it up.

Origamist

This page should help as it's a little more complex:

http://ukcyclerules.com/2010/09/27/can- ... g-offence/

Anonymous

Damn. Looks like I was wrong.

Thanks for the link

Kieran_Burns

Your original point was correct. You cannot get points but you can have your licence to drive removed.

Remember that the word licence means "permission" or "evidence of permission", and this can always be removed by the courts.

So while you cannot accumulate points you can be barred from driving motor vehicles on the road.

meanredspider

or racing, or by wilful misconduct or wilful neglect on a bicycle

Holey Moley - does that mean you can lose your licence for scalping that roadie or not having cleaned your chain in an ultrasonic bath or kept your tan lines sharp? :shock:

Kieran_Burns

meanredspider wrote:

or racing, or by wilful misconduct or wilful neglect on a bicycle

Holey Moley - does that mean you can lose your licence for scalping that roadie or not having cleaned your chain in an ultrasonic bath or kept your tan lines sharp? :shock:

I reckon that means beards are illegal while cycling. This is a good thing.

Mikey23

Just say you are andrew flintoff and working for charity... Always does it for me

The Rookie

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I reckon that means capes are illegal while cycling. This is a good thing.

FTFY

Kieran_Burns

The Rookie wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I reckon that means capes are illegal while cycling. This is a good thing.

FTFY

Capes add sartorial elegance and intimidate roadies....