2006-10-25 00:55:14 · 22 answers · asked by ASHERS 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
yes
2006-10-25 00:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is illegal.
You can be prosecuted for offences whilst in charge of a pedal cycle on a public highway just as if you were using a motorised vehicle.
If you are drunk and riding a bicycle you can be done for that just the same as if you were kettled driving a car.
Use of a cellular telephone whilst driving is an offence and has been or several years.
2006-10-25 01:05:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a expert driving force i'm careful of maximum cyclists. the functional ones who tutor appreciate to motorists and are conscious of the line code are wonderful however the muppets who wade via crimson lighting fixtures furniture, throughout the time of zebra crossings with human beings on them and people who placed on dark outfits devoid of lighting fixtures furniture at evening are in basic terms a threat! We drivers pay fairly some money for coverage so i think cyclists ought to as properly. in spite of everything, what form of reimbursement might you assume from some stupid little scrote who motives you to have an accident? Roads or pavements? would not actually matter huge type as they'll reason a threat in maximum circumstances the two way.
2016-10-02 22:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by banowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible for cyclists to be prosecuted under the Road Traffic Act. As para 51 of the Highway Code instructs cyclists to keep both hands on the handlebars except when signalling or changing gear, it is theoretically possible for you to be charged with careless cycling. However, it is extremely rare for cyclists to be prosecuted.
2006-10-27 02:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, as with driving a car, the charge would be driving without due care and attention, only in there case it would be riding, and I wish the law would also enforce the riding on pavement thing as well, it is illegal, it seems to me that nobody Care's about the law anymore.
2006-10-25 01:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the UK that is NOT and offence - but I wouldn't recommend it as you need all your wits about you when using a bicycle on a public road with other traffic.
2006-10-26 23:14:30 · answer #6 · answered by Hilary Y 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not as far as i know because i was doing just that while a police car with two police men in there drove right past me and didnt say a thing but looked at me as if I was stupid
Maybe i was abit stupid but they never said anything!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-25 01:07:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the same laws apply to being on a bike as they do in a car...recently in Australia a man was prosecuted for being intoxicated on a camel...
2006-10-25 01:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by sass_blue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about that but you are putting yourself and other road users lives in danger
2006-10-25 01:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by KOOL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-10-25 01:09:42 · answer #10 · answered by wattie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who cares whether it is legal or not. Just don't do it. You really want to die for the sake of a phone call or text message?
2006-10-25 01:06:23 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋