Catching up with your slightly older video’s they certainly don’t disappoint. Enjoy all your stuff so much,very informative,hard to believe we existed without a black belt barrister? Hard to imagine✊♥️
Interesting. At 63 hgv driver made redundant with many due to covid. I can say the times I have done a trailer/ vehicle check at start of shift found a defect reported it and been told just take it. Now I appreciate it is my call. But when your looking at a 12 hour day plus you dont want to hang around arguing. Wonder why there is a shortage of HGV drivers.
I was under the impression the shortage was due to pay being extremely poor, truck stops that are cleaned about once per century, having insane scheduling, and only being able to sleep at home about 2 nights per week (if you are lucky).
The UK obviously has an overly rigid way of handling uninsured vehicles with 6-8 points on the license and court. In Sweden, where I live, things are much simpler. We automatically gets a state covered insurance that is guaranteed to be the most expensive in the market, like two weeks third party insurance would cost about the same as 6 months full insurance at an insurance company. That way, there is no need to tie up courts with unnecessary cases, and third party is always covered. The fee is intentionally extremely high, as an incentive to get an insurance a.s.a.p.
That seems to leave out one rather significant detail, and that is how do Swedes get charged for this automatic insurance? If it's some fee, how do they enforce its payment and on what ground is it paid? As part of having a driving licence (seems a bit unfair if somebody doesn't own a vehicle) or charged against a vehicle owner. What if people own a vehicle and just drive it without paying these fees. As it is, third party claimants for personal injury are always covered in the UK (by law) for uninsured drivers funded by a levy on car insurance.
@@TheEulerID As an answer to your question: In Sweden, it is the registered owner that is liable for taxes and having a "traffic insurance" (word ny word translation) on the car. This insurance is to cover any liabilities to second/third parties. The only way to not pay for insurance is to have the car registered as "not in traffic". The fees for the default insurance will get invoiced to the car owner weekly, and collected if necessary. All I wrote about registered owner also applies, in case of leasing, depending on the type of fee. The leasing company pays insurance and taxes and include them in the monthly fee, but fees like parking tickets goes directly to the registered lease holder (the person leasing the car).
If your car has airbags you must use a seat belt as they are designed to be used together, I saw a research programme years ago and airbags can cause horrible injuries if you are not belted in, especially small cars, they used to be labelled as SRS (Supplementary Restraint System).
About 3 years ago a guy reversed his car into a shopfront of a tenant I have. It was on CCTV. The driver and plate was clear on the HD CCTV. Several staff witnessed it. The tenant reported this. The police said it was ‘a civil matter’. You know that’s rubbish. I know that’s rubbish. But they’re the police and we no longer have a police force or a court system free of corruption. You have a great channel and offer fantastic value. 🙏
I'm beginning to appreciate the scope of all this advice so I'm saving these vids now, they're a little long for someone browsing but nevertheless they're very good and now I've got a new category 'Law'. I know it's not legal advice as such but a useful reference so Thank you, it's a great idea.
Question 5, I would also use my right turn signal whilst waiting to pass and until I have passed. I do this in an attempt to prevent impatient types behind me from passing me and then they suddenly come upon the horses and have no where to go if traffic is coming towards them. When driving a bus around the country lanes I would always signal right whilst waiting to pass. In my opinion it should be in the highway code too!
And I simply overtake you AND the car in front of you. Why sit close to the front car, if you don't have the skill / confidence to overtake? YOU are risking accidents, and should be banned. Some idiots think that perfectly legal overtaking is dangerous! 🤣
Following your instructional videos now, for some time, and as regularly as you make them, I have begun rewiring my brain. I think differently and am more concise with my thoughts and the wording I use when thinking and talking, too. As I have such an horrific memory - you have been immesurably helpful - as I seem to be utilising other parts of my brain which allows me to speak more fluently and without constantly forgetting myself mid sentence, one hundred times a day. At least 'studying' law is a very positive direction with clear goals and very worthy of effort. Not that any effort seems to be required as your 'classes' are so much fun. You make law fun. That should be an epitaph, in due course...along with my daily dose of 'Stay Humble', which you might consider copywriting.
You asked yesterday about 'backdrops' and am wondering how to incorporate a scripted series of events which occur and you encounter to then explain the legalese. I can't for the life of me think how you might incorporate a battle re enactment, and make it about law, though on further consideration you could easily use the tools of ancient knights to show us an offensive weapon verses a defensive one. With drone B roll.
Thanks, Nick! Indeed, training as a barrister rewired my brain and I've always thought differently ever since. I always see both sides of an argument, I look back upon things I've done before and how I might have done them differently. I don't always jump to conclusions as I may once have done. The list goes on. I'm grateful that you enjoy the content and share the journey.
I remember doing GSCE law and our teacher was fun and I did very well, but we had a barrister doing the AS Law law class and the class was so boring, all I remember was that he knew Cherie Blair. Law isn't boring at all and we had a few laughs in our GSCE class. I would consider doing law again with the right teacher but it is hard to find in adult education now.. I think it would be great to have an online law course 'for beginners' and 'intermediate' and functional law, with some fun stuff thrown in. I like contract law, employment, traffic law, land and tort.
In the early 50s I was given a lecture by a copper for not stopping at a halt sign on my bike. It was early in the morning without any vehicle in sight from any direction and I was slowed right down because I was stopping immediately round the corner to deliver a newspaper.
I was once arrested and charged with "Drunk in charge of a pedal cycle". There is no breath test or sample for this and is down to the judgement of the officer. Found not guilty at magistrates due to the ridicules events a great solicitor and poor police work. Cheers
40-odd years ago a friend was similarly pulled over for being drunk in charge of cycle. To be fair, he was cycling on a dual carriageway the wrong way in the outside lane of the opposite carriageway thinking he was in the left lane of the correct carriageway!
@@MrPaulMorris I was knocked off my bike by a police car on a pedestrian square, at night in a sleet storm. Accused me of breaking into a shop, which I hadn't and was obvious. As he had written of my bike and damaged the cop car he arrested me for drunk on a bike so I would foot the bill for repairs to the cop car. He had a BAD day in court, I was found not guilty as he had nothing written down. He had to pay for a new back wing.
@Ryan I was eventually arrested by the local chief constable for stealing. Had picked up some wood near the tracks at a station on my way home. It was night, it was christmas and the wood was for my fire. Night in the cells and while in the interrrogation room saw some bad treatment of a mentally disturbed man. I had at the time jumped bail for assault of a police officer, they knew I had a past but could not find anything to keep me in. Met a few good coppers but mostly bad. Evening all.
Lost my licence, had to resit both my car and motorcycle licence, banned for 6 months on first offence, for pushing a motorcycle along the road without a crash helmit. That's Stonehaven Sheriff Court justice for you.
Last week I observed a delivery truck hit a parked vehicle as the truck was turning into a property entrance. It was a significant contact lifting the parked vehicle and it rocked on its suspension when it dropped down. The driver carried on without stopping. I gave it a little time and the driver of the truck did not return to supply their details. I was in my parking officer uniform so I walked into the carpark of the business at which the truck was delivering, establishing that the driver was still inside, I asked a member of staff to locate and advise him I wished to speak with him. When the driver returned he claimed not to be aware of the accident, I showed him the damage that he had caused and enquired as to whether he was going to leave his details. I continued to observe for a while longer to ensure that he did leave a note, I also attached my own note providing my contact details and the plate number of the vehicle involved along with time and date. I was shocked that the driver of the truck would have claimed ignorance and would not have reported the incident if not approached.
Cycling on the footway (pavement is ambiguous as it could include shared paths) is illegal, however two or more government ministers have advised ACOO/NPCC that, if a cyclist is riding on the footway out of fear for traffic and is otherwise not riding inconsiderately, they should not be prosecuted. That is not law, but it does put the offence into perspective.
In London I am told that cyclists are allowed(encouraged) to ride on the pavement if a cycle lane is not available. So to a cyclist this means that the rules of cycle lanes apply to the pavement ie put your head down, go as fast as you can and under no circumstances do you give way to pedestrians. Yes I really did have that conversation one night when I foolishly stepped out of a tube station exit onto a pavement and into the path of a speeding cyclist. Fortunately there were no witnesses so I avoided prosecution for careless walking.
@@mikewing3157 "In London I am told that cyclists are allowed(encouraged) to ride on the pavement if a cycle lane is not available." That's not accurate. Nationally, police forces have been advised not to prosecute cyclists who are cycling on the pavement in a way that is considerate to pedestrians, especially where the road is dangerous to cycle in. People who cycle quickly and/or aggressively on the pavement are dicks and would be doing that regardless of whether the police thought it was OK to cycle on the pavement at all.
I have been let off scott free after being stopped and given a producer a good while back and not having an MOT. What I did do though was take all the maintenance receipts to the police station and explain that as I had not had the motorbike from new and it was a first MOT i had lost track of when it was due. The desk Sergeant went through and totted up the bills for maintenance and said words to the effect of "I can see this is a genuine mistake as you have spent a fortune in the last 12 months maintaining the bike, therefore I'm giving you a week from today to get a valid MOT".
Twenty years ago I was stopped on the M40 for speeding 102MPH. I received the paperwork and noticed mitigating circumstances. Why not I thought. My mitigating circumstances was that I needed my car to take my old folks shopping twice a week and take them to the hospital if necessary, all quite true. I live near Woking, Surrey and the court was in Banbury, useful. There were three "judges" and they left the court for a conflab. My circumstances were accepted and I got six points and a £100.00 fine. An usher (if that's what they are called" said, "They are all about your age and all have elderly parents to look after". So, some are human.
When ther are horses being ridden on the road , as in the picture, I reduce speed signal right and move as far to the right as possible. In town you just have hang back and hope you don't have to drive over something dropped.
@@cliveadams7629 As stated in the video insurance is about protecting other people. I can not find one incidence in stats of a horse being led or ridden that was the cause of a road accident. 80% of accidents involving horses are due to drivers travelling too fast or too close. So there does not seem be much of a need for these things, unlike operators of dangerous machinery.
@@greenjacket6305 I guess you didn't look very hard because I know 2 horse riders who've been very glad of their insurance though one was not technically a rider at the time as they were driving. My point is that horses are quite capable of causing a serious accident and, unlike motor vehicles, even when being "operated" carefully and competently. As a rider (well, not for a while now) I can agree on the idiots on wheels being far more likely to cause trouble.
@@greenjacket6305 Nor is your not even an anecdote of not knowing of any horse or rider who has caused an accident. But carry on trying to feel superior, I can't be arsed to do the minimal Google "research" which would prove you wrong.
My wife was knocked down by a cyclist on a light controlled crossing. He was taken to court and ordered to pay compensation to my wife. As he was unemployed with no money, she hardly got anything.
They should have to ride w due care and attention on sidewalks only and give way to all pedestrians etc and ride with the utmost respect to all and wait at crossings if not safe to cross as a pedestrian would ;) I motorbike and cycle mtb and have drove cars as a driver not a cager for 30 years...motorbike for 5yrs cyclist for 40 years 🙏🤷♂️
That's the problem the ability to pay I think any compensation awards or fines should be liable for life untill paid so if he gets a job 10 years down the line he would still have to pay or if he gets some kind of inheritance he should still have to pay there should be no time limitations on outstanding fines or awards by courts
Believe it or not there was more than one multiple choice question book available in public libraries in 1980 with virtually exactly the same type and style of questions decades before they even introduced them in the written test.
in 1992 as a cyclist I was fined for no lights £2000,00 including costs . I had a dynamo which stopped when I stopped and my lights went out when I reached a busy junction.
Very interesting. Many years ago I only just avoided knocking a policeman off his bike in similar circumstances. He stopped in a gap in a dual carriageway that I was crossing in my first car. His lights went out when he stopped and he was wearing his dark blue uniform. I look up and down the road, nothing coming so I drove forward and there he was right in front of me. Luckily I stopped in time and he understood how it happened.
I'm so sad that you missed out my personal favourite. :( Wanton or furious driving or racing Section 35 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 - 2 years - indictable offence - 3 to 9 points if mechanically propelled vehicle DD90 It is an offence for any person having charge of any carriage or vehicle, by wanton or furious driving, or racing, or other wilful misconduct, or by wilful neglect, doing, or causing to be done any bodily harm to any person. A couple of cyclists have been sentenced to the two years in jail for this. One killed a pedestrian. Fixed wheel cycle and no working brake. Love the videos.
"I thought my insurance had automatically renewed" isn't an argument. Even with auto renewal, the insurance company will write or at least email a renewal reminder offer up to one month in advance because it might include changes to the previous policy including premium increases or cover restrictions that you might not agree with, giving you ample opportunity to refuse the offer and look elsewhere for motor insurance. Only if it says "if you agree to the changes you need do nothing." Even then, you will receive a letter/email of confirmation including the new documents.
RE: Posting.......if you film yourself at the post office and the said item clearly and putting it in the packaging filming the address then filming yourself placing it in a post box or passing it over the counter you have proof of posting lol but not when unles you also film the post office calender clock.
A UK friend of mine lost his driver's license for 5 years for sleeping in his car, plus was faced with a hefty (if memory serves me right £3500) fine. Storytime: Snowy winter night, he went out with friends and they all ended up drunk at a moment when they had to leave. All of the other lads chose to drive home absolutely shitfaced, but my friend opted to sleep it off in the BACKSEAT of his car. Since it was so cold he had the keys in the ignition though for the heating, so he was legally operating the vehicle (again, fast asleep in the backseat) while inebriated. The only reason he didn't get jailtime is because he argued he was being punished for being responsible.
"Wanton and furious" going way back to 1861, that's why we need to update the legislation so we have causing death by dangerous cycling, so we don't charge people with extremely outdated and inappropriate legislation and normally end up trying to tag manslaughter charges with it
In 1985, when I was just 17, I was twice taken to court, and fined for speeding on my bicycle. Both offences occurred on the same road, in Bishopbriggs, north of Glasgow. Both times I was caught by the same two officers. I was clocked at 46mph, and 48mph, whilst overtaking slower traffic. I argued that I couldn't tell how fast I was going, as, back then, I didn't have a speedometer on my bicycle (a fine Raleigh 12 speed which I used to get to work as I couldn't drive. I did modify the gearing a little, just to ensure that I could keep up with regular road traffic). No excuse. Fined £15 for the first offence, and £30 for the second as they occurred just 6 weeks apart. And, my bicycle was confiscated too, so I had to learn to drive and get a car instead. I don't think that would happen now.
@Red Lobster Skull it's around 1.5 miles, down hill, but I modified with additional gearing, easy enough to do. The bike was easily capable of being ridden at 30-35mph on the flat with moderate effort, uphill was a bitch, not geared for low speed. There's no need for cyclists to be riding along at 15mph, any modern adult bike is capable of much more than that.
@Red Lobster Skull did you not read "modified"? As a teenager, that's what me and my friends did. Additional gears/chains /selectors with the sole purpose of going faster than the original bike was intended to do. It was these modifications that resulted in the confiscation order.
@Red Lobster Skull I should also say that I have 2 bikes now, unmodified, but with calibrated speedos. I have severe arthritis, a heart condition, more than a few stone overweight, and I can still ride at around 20 mph on the flat. For a fit teenager, 30-35 should be a breeze.
I wonder if this is just a glesga thing, cos we did exactly the same things with our bikes. We used to race, and beat, the cars down Royston Road, but stopping was a bitch, no disc brakes on bikes back then. We had to add an extra brake behind the main back brakes. I don't recall anybody getting nabbed for speeding though, not in our bit.
I have seen, on one of these police programs on tv where police are filmed at work.The was one time a police officer was on either a phone or radio and he was using both hands and using his knees to steer his car. Greater Manchester Police.
It's even worse for bikers. I had to do a re-test and failed it. The next time I counted 3 seconds after spotting the hazard and then pressed the button and passed. 3 seconds is 80 meters on a dual carriage way at 60MPH. That's enough time to stop completely.
Yes motorcyclists are the most vulnerable, and the Police are quick to remind you of this. But riddle me this, Batman: if a motorcyclist is playing traffic slalom in a slow-moving queue, you've looked around and are always vigilant, one of them comes up close to your nearside front bumper seeking to cross to the vehicle in front of you's offside and you clip him because he goes too close for you to stop and craters the back end of the vehicle in front, what then? Driving in London wouldn't be so difficult were it not for the bloody two-wheeled maniacs!
@@alanbrown5593 why should I waste NHS resources on unnecessary treatments? If suicyclists want to get themselves killed it's regrettable but ultimately their own affair, but I don't see why it should affect me apart from the waste of life x
@@alanbrown5593 then again, as you seem to be advocating for a situation where motorcyclists can hurtle pell mell with nary a thought to their responsibilities which are then to be taken up by the adults in the car, perhaps it is you who needs the intervention. After all, we know that those who virtue signal the loudest are often the most culpable
What about cycling on the pavement when you consider it too dangerous to cycle on the road? Wasn't that defined by David Blunkett years ago and hasn't been reinterpreted since?
It's still illegal but there is guidance for police officers not to always enforce the law in that situation, particularly if you are not cycling a place or manner that will endanger or distress anyone else.
Wow! Scary stuff! Seems like anything other than perfection in your driving or riding conduct, vehicle condition and regulatory administration can attract draconian punishments making the use of a vehicle too much of an expensive risk. Imagine a police officer using the fullest extent of the law against a kid on an electric scooter on the pavement….as kids do! Offences I’m guessing could look like…unregistered vehicle, riding on a footpath, motor over 250W, no full m/c helmet, no third party insurance (because it’s unregistered with DVLA), careless riding (because footpath), no MOT if purchased over threes years ago. Plus more I’m sure. Thankfully most officers just issue warnings and desist, but some are issuing fines and penalty points. At worst…applying everything you’d be lucky to escape jail…for a mere scooter! The fault for this clear Government over-reach lies with DVSA which adds increasingly stringent regulations almost year on year (all in the name of “safety” to prevent dissent) with seemingly no big Government oversight, or care. We will end up being prosecuted for treading on the cracks in the pavement…that’s the way this is going!
If a cyclist commits a road traffic offence, then if that person attends court then points can be applied to their driving licence and if they don't have a licence then the court can request that a driving record can be created by the DVLA so points can be applied. Regarding the other commenter, if an officer catches you riding a pedal cycle whilst intoxicated. Then they could request a specimen of breath. if that is positive you will be arrested and go through the same process as any other motorist and you would need a good solicitor to get you off if the station procedure is positive.
Wouldn’t the identifying question breach GDPR/DPA, ?would in my opinion...rice v connolly springs to mind...no obligation to assist, which was recently upheld in neale v dpp...
Wearing a seatbelt is so important. Also if there is a serious crash, this involves the emergency services and their resources will be used up in a preventable crash.
It's also important that any passenger behind you is wearing a seat belt. Getting hit from behind by a 30-90kg mass that's doing 30mph isn't much fun at all.
Interesting about the failure to stop. I’m aware of a lot of occasions where drivers have had a low speed impact and just agreed to sort their own repairs, not notify the police or their insurance (probable cost of repair is less than their excess but could impact no claims discount) and don’t bother to exchange details. As I understand what was said here, because there was damage they have to exchange details. Also, from what I’ve seen they seem to have been caused by one person tail gating the other or pulling in too close ahead.
I was guarding an embassy in London and got sick of cyclists doing red lights right in front of me. Following day I brought a pile of tickets with me, I couldn't write quick enough, even had em lined up. The contempt from cyclists is astounding, that was a good day 👌
Ha! Some of the wrong answers on the online test seem deliberately to be aimed at Mercedes drivers... :) An important point about passing horses is to try and keep the noise, especially sudden noise, to a minimum. Therefore, when passing the horses, use the highest gear possible and accelerate smoothly past them. Unless of course the horse rider is an arrogant arse and shouts and gesticulates madly at you for rudely being on the same road as them, in which case roar past them blaring your horn... (joking, don't do this, but it's tempting at times)
Car Hire conditions. Can they stipulate “No insurance will cover customers driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and/or found using their cellular phone at the time of an accident”. How would you know? It is legal to drive below a measurable prescribed alcohol limit in most countries so is this legal? This was Alamo in the USA.
The police (in my case hampshire) barely react to phootage (as a cyclist) showing dangerous driving. Do you think they will investiaget/pay any attention to car aprk prongs that will be covered by insurance (in real life circumstances)?
What action police take does seem to depend on the force in that area. Check out the RUclipsr CyclingMikey, the police do take notice of his videos in London, much to many a motorist's chagrin. Elsewhere in the country, the police took no action against a woman who deliberately drove into a cyclist.
If you send it directly to the traffic department with enough evidence to get an easy conviction they will love you. Easy conviction for minimal work on their behalf. Try communicating with the senior traffic officer. Provide a long enough video to show you were behaving reasonably and the weren't.
I live in an area where there are tens of miles of cycle lanes provided by the Council yet hardly any cyclist uses them. They invariably cycle in the road and hold up cars with obvious delight. How is this legal?
In Southampton cyclists ride on the pavement with a cycle path next to it it"s their right i know i have been told often they get away with it as i dont think we have a police force here as i havent seen one in the last 7 years
Unless you physically restrain an errant cyclist, they are completely anonymous. No licence plate, nothing. We all know professional footballers never get done for speeding. Yobbos driving without insurance simply get a worthless ban, and they carry on driving. In the UK, the best option is to do what they do in New Zealand, and that is to confiscate your car for 30 days. The same should be done to errant cyclists.
In Germany fines are dished out as multiples of daily earnings under the principle that fines must hurt everybody equally. A football player there ultimately had to pay over €500 000 for a speeding ticket. Of course the presiding judge has no idea of the defendants earnings, he merely decides on guilt and then looks up how many daily earnings are appropriate for the individual case. The maximum fine for repeat offenders is 720x daily income (not for speeding though).
It would be the copper in the passenger seat that uses the radio, but I heard somewhere that radio's are exempt anyway that's why they can use them on Top gear and the grand tour.
I'm enjoying your videos man, best of luck with the website. I think it was somewhat glossed over what is a "dangerous vehicle"? I mean I heard of someone getting pulled over only to later be found to have inadequate windscreen washer fluid and somehow charged. Can it be true. 🤔 If I can't see out the back because snow is on the window, or I've not cleaned the snow from the roof to stop it blowing in to the car behind yeah ok. Top work boss 🙂
Wiper(s) and washer need to be functional for Mot. So it is an automatic failure and therefore dangerous. And yes some cars only have one small wiper for the driver.
@RoseTintedWindscreen yeah, I too have the convertible so just the heated window, but I occasionally see people drive around having not only failed to clear the rear window and roof, but none of the others and only half the front! It's dangerous not only because you can't see, but a slab of snow sliding off in to the car behind, at speed, isn't going to be pretty! Mind you, it doesn't seem to snow that much anymore 🙄
My car only runs on 3 cylinders, has rotted wheel arches, smokes, Exhaust just hanging on, mirror duct taped on, tires bald and a knackered suspension. All the lights work and the wipers are great I always make sure to keep them in top condition
What part of the law is covered, when the car in front decides to indicate to turn right or left and the coming side road just before said road, or waiting at traffic lights and they change to green and the traffic starts to move off, the car in front then decide to put indicator on even though you have been siting there for a few minutes! Undue care?
Not sure this is implemented as much as it could be(understatement of the year😉) Was given a lift by a friend when he was pulled over,car was stollen! I thought it was his parents car but was still arrested & charged with “allowing myself to be transported in a stollen vehicle”. Fortunately it went to crown court as other charges for main person were involved. Judge heard my defence & gave me absolute discharge? Have always though/hoped that this means I don’t have a criminal record?Over 45 years ago.
Interesting information on the Highway Code , can you clarify wether a person on a pedal cycle has to conform to the speed limit . At 30 mph very flew cycle riders could exceed this speed, but now with the introduction of lower (20 mph) many cycle riders are exceeding this limit although it does not appear that cycles at the moment require speedometers to be fitted.
Speed limits don't apply to cycles, I was told this by someone who was very knowledgeable about the legalities of cycling. They can be fined for riding dangerously, but not for speeding.
Failure to say who was driving is 6 penalty points. I have 5 of these so I am looking to get 5xspeeding 3points = 15points and 5x6points = 30 = grand totaL 45 POINTS. I seem like I am screwed. Any help?
Following a recent trip into London, as a motorcyclist who observed the 20 m.p.h. speed limit, I found cyclists over taking me at times, thus exceeding the speed limit and many cycle through red lights. What if any penalties do they face since they do not require a license?
When I was a teenager back in the late 60's a boy in the village was charged with speeding on his cycle he was riding the bike at nearly twenty miles an hour where there was a five mile an hour speed limit. I also read somewhere about a man I think in the late 19th centaury or early 20th being convicted of pedalling furiously.
Unsure about the 60's but 5mph is not an enforecable speed limit these days and is just a polite request, you often find these silly speeds on private land. Although if you have an accident and go to court the judge will take it into consideration, just the same as the bogus roundabouts and bogus zebra crossings in supermarket car parks.
That's strange because speed limits only apply to motor vehicles. A cyclist getting into an accident while going over the speed limit would have that fact taken against them, but there's no such thing as speeding on a pedal cycle. Quite apart from anything else, there's no obligation for a bicycle to be fitted with a speedometer.
Question regarding phones, if your phone is in a windscreen mount, and can be answered with one finger without taking your hand off the steering wheel and have a hands free conversation, is that acceptable in law, it really is no different to using a steering wheel button to answer or any other dashboard switch
I see on RUclips lots of negative comments about cyclists and statements like ' you aren't insured or pay road tax ', might be worth answering this as most cyclists in clubs are insured - if they cause a road accident with a car they are responsible and the insurance covers it or does it ?? Who is responsible if there is a road accident caused by a cyclist ??
should be linked to licence so Jump red light 3 points etc which if have car increase insurace also insurance in bikes which then may actually make them ride better
What about cyclists who don't have driving licenses? You need insurance as a motorist because cars can and regularly do cause immense amounts of damage to people and property. And, before you bring it up, yes, bad cyclists kill a few pedestrians per year. Bad motorists kill a few hundred pedestrians per year.
@@beeble2003 well they can have a Licence too they would have to pass a Test. on highway code. they cycists may kill a few pedesrians a Year. but shouldnt iill any. they are seldom if ever prosecuted. due to ridi g off many ride with No Lights using mibile phone some also ride their bike to pub they should he licence registers and insureed and those who say " Taxthem " they have Zero emissions so would have Zero tax anyway they should also have mOT too to ensure their bikes are in roadworthy condition so often i see bikes on pavements only today i saw a " Proper cyclist " o ne with a Proper road bike all lyrced up we were queuinv in traffic at Temp lights for a road resurface this clown then cycles past us all throigh the red ligts into on coming traffic. yet not diddle squat is done each person should have a Licece it can be linked to their car licence or indepenadt of it. but can add cars etc should they use them points incurred will be on the licence
@@wayneevans7376 Your proposal disqualifies children from riding on the street. You list several examples of illegal and indefensible behaviour by cyclists but give no indication of how your proposal would actually solve this problem or how the vast expense of it is proportional to the problem. Somebody who is prepared to cycle through a red light, which is aready illegal, would be prepared to cycle without a license if that were illegal. Looking at it from the other direction, the police do nothing about people cycling through red lights; why do you expect that they will do anything about people cycling without a license? I could give just as many examples of illegal behaviour by car drivers. Car drivers routinely run red lights: nobody does anything. Car drivers routinely drive around without proper lights: nobody does anything. Car drivers routinely drive aggressively and dangerously towards each other and towards cyclists: nobody does anything. The consequences of car drivers misbehaving are approximately two thousand dead people every year. The consequences of cyclists misbehaving are approximately two dead people every year. Which of these problems should we be putting effort into tackling?
Friend had problem with insurance, they borrowed boss car, who agreed to cover him on their insurance. When he had accident the boss changed their mind and said he was not covered by insurance in
The Highway Code is rule based, underpinned by the Acts of Law, if I understand the messages in your videos. What about pedestrians who walk in a car park behind a reversing car entering a parking bay? The rule (12?) says never do this, yet this seems to be ignored by the police in my personal eperience.
I find it incredible that anyone should think its ok to go onto a dual carriageway on any powered invalid vehicle regardless of any coloured flashing light, imagine trundling along at about 4 mph with motor vehicles approaching from behind at 60 and 70mph!
@9.52 : failing to stop at a scene of an accident; the car park scenario, what might the correct procedure be to obtain video footage from a car park of a shop/business? A lot of people have written on local neighborhood sites, after their car was hit by another vehicle, myself too on one occasion, shops claim that only the police are authorised to obtain video footage and police have responded vice-versa, the footage must be obtained before proceeding with a report.
If that's the case, I'd say contact the police through the nearest police station and put in a report seems like the most obvious way forward. They can then take the report to the shop in question and obtain the footage for evidence.
I got robbed once by a red light camera....my front wheels were on the line doing 27mph as was waiting for them to change. It still changed to amber and flashed me. I was offered to pick a speeding course or a traffic light course to Sir through both no doubt we're unless and a fine or I could have picked a fine and points 🤷♂️
When traffic lights change from red they turn from red to red/amber, then to green. Red/Amber is still classed as a red light since the red is still lit and there is no green. Jumping that will still trigger a traffic cam. Your fault entirely. The only thing you have a reason to feel robbed of is common sense and IQ.
The Road Traffic Act defines a road as anything that looks like a road, including roads across private land, hospital driveways etc. But at the same time I know of someone who argued that a hospital drive was not a road and the magistrates accepted it.
I see alot of drivers driving with snow on the top & most of all the windows of the vehicle,I used to carry a long handle brush to clear the windows & cab roof.Car & van owners mostly just clear the windscreen just infront of the driver,they do not understand that as the vehicle roof gets warmer or severe breaking that snow will move onto the windscreen blocking the drivers view=accident OR can eject to the rear of the vehicle causing maybe an accident.So I ask is this a penalty points driving offence with undue care & attension.I would like to add further HGV drivers towing a trailer which has a roof in winter time sheets of ice fall off when the truck is driven at speed,this can & does make other road users make an abrupt change of direction.
About 10 yrs ago, I was at the side of the road helping a guy who'd crashed after clipping the side of the road, his leg was trapped inside the car. Noone stopped to assist, hundreds of cars passed us. I think anyone who doesn't stop should get a jail penalty minimum. Eventually, of all the vehicles to pass an ambulance stopped and help was supplied. Nothing worse than watching helplessly as people just drive past, without a care in the world. The penalties for driving offences and failing to stop at accidents are stupidly low. Friend of mine was killed by a car on wrong side of the road, driver was convicted of reckless driving and didn't even goto jail.
Well done for actually stopping for the accident Natural Druid. How traumatic. I am sorry about your friend. And also about the offenders ‘conviction’.
As a motorcyclist I used to be furious at people who didn't stop, but now as a father/husband I can understand someone not wanting to stop through fear of the young passengers seeing something very traumatic.
@@whatyousaidbud Yeh I do agree with you on that front, but they could still stop long enough to call for help. There is no valid excuse for not stopping to offer, the people at the scene can say if they have already called 999 for you etc. As it is, there is now a higher chance of people slowing down to rubberneck and film a crash than there is of them ever offering to help or save a life. People talk these days about changing the attitude of the police here in the UK.. but it is Society.. that needs a change of attitude. Not just the police.
Can you please expand on the failure to report an accident? In the car park example you gave what if it was a private car park used by the public or a private car park not used by the public? Would you still need to report to police within 24hrs?
Interesting video, although it might be worth pointing out that the fines you quote are the maximum for the offence and that any financial penalty is based on means.
In the past if you were caught driving a car with no MOT certificate you would be given 14 days to produce one at a police station, I used this loophole to get my car MOT'd a couple of times and avoided a fine. But a few years ago after the online MOT certificates were introduced I was caught driving my wife's car which, I apparently, had forgotten to get MOT'd!! And was given a fine there and then that i had to pay, cant remember how much it was but I now know exactly when my wife's cars MOT is due.
so easy to end up not insured to drive i found out, had to send info for my no clames discount took me a while to get it but sent it in when i did only found out they canceld my insurence after getting home from a bike rally on the friday i left!! i was just lucky i wasnt stoped!! they said the info i sent wasnt good enough and they sent me a email, i didnt get one though and then they charged me more to sort it out!!
On the section 172 notice... what if disclosing the identity of the driver were to lead to self incrimination (assuming the owner were not the driver)?
What is the law in relation to " lane sharing " by bicycles and motor cycles and do the same rules apply to cars? ( I am thinking of the situation where a cyclist has a gap more than the width of a car at traffic lights )
Question sir, what in law would the cyclist be expected do approaching a junction as how many times do they undertake cars that are slowing and indicating to turn at a junction or slip road when this happens is the car driver in the wrong if they being the cyclists) push themselves into a hazardous situation or would the car driver still as the less vulnerable road user be blamed?
Yes it can. But it is illegal to drive on a pavement. How do you park on a pavement without driving on it first? Hulk Hogan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the incredible hulk, powerman competition winners excluded of course. 😉
@@ianl1052 Totally agree,the only way around it is crane your vehicle into position,any motion driving anywheel onto a pedestrion footpath IS illegal, my council are allowing parking on the footpath & some cars are half a car on & off the pavement, an older lady has a walking trolley for stability/shopping but she cannot get past the cars which park oposite a lampost very close to my garden wall so she has to go on the road to get around the car involved, the path is quite wide.Took the matter to the council and they inturn contacted the police.
The police talk about the fatal four;using a phone, drink or drugs, seat belts and speed. Yet in the pub, at work or on - line, almost everybody moans about the police taking action on these offences. Recently a young man met his mates in the pub, had a few drinks, got into his AMG Mercedes and crashed at high speed into a tree. He died instantly. Partly because he'd been drinking; partly because canaboids were found during the post mortem; partly because he was driving at high speed and partly because he'd clipped his seat belt in behind him. So out of the Fatal Four, he'd succomed to three of them.
Could you please tell me, I own an e-bike with two modes of power. The first mode complies with the law and assists up to 15mph, the second mode for off-road and private land gives me assistance over the 15 mph law limit. my question is if I ride my bike on road with the second power mode turned off can I be in trouble? many thanks for any advice you can give me, Harry
A legal ebike has a maximum power output. If it can exceed that then it is not a bicycle but an electric motorbike. You then need an mot, licence and insurance. It also won't have been type approved so will need a dvla approval as a one-off vehicle. It's potentially a lot of trouble if caught!
Speaking from Canada where rules obviously may be different.... if you can change modes while riding the worst case will apply. If you need to get off and flip some switch inside a latched box you may be ok.
Look up the legal definition of Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle. As Neil says it sounds like your bike doesn't fit the definition so it isn't an EPAC - since it has a motor and it isn't an EPAC that would make it a motor vehicle, with all the bureaucratic requirements that that implies.
Question, you mentioned children in the back, I always understood that the law says children under 12 years of age Must travel in the rear seat not the front, would this apply also to babies/ baby seats and carry cots in fron seats as this is something I often see
Because you take a case to court you should not face blackmail in the form of harsher penalties .The points system is DRACONIAN .Three years is way too long for points .It should be 6 months
Tonight leaving work there was about 8 teenagers riding bicycles all wearing black and no lights can't something be done about this. Another thing is cyclists using mobiles while riding with either one or no hands I see this on a regular basis and it really ticks me off also couldn't they be charged tax and insurance because if they crash into you its the driver that suffers
Under the DUI laws where do I stand on prescription medications. Both my wife and I take opiate based medications. Obviously on the bottle it states do not drive if affected by certain side effects. I take my normal medications but do not drive if I take extra as required medications. At times I do not feel effected. Obviously I legally take the medications as many others do. Is there any law in relation to medications?
With those, I think, it's safest to consult a doctor. You CAN be done for drug driving if you're influenced by them, but obviously, if you're not, and your doctor says it's ok, it's someone who is able to professionally state you're fine with them.
@@pelicanofpunishment6 . I have checked with insurance company, doctors, pharmacist....and police. They all say what is on the bottles...do not drive if affected or operate heavy machinery. My insurance company said carry a repeat prescription to show police. I am sensible I take my regular pain medication but if I start on the as required ones I stop driving, The worrying point is I know people on far more than me and drive.
If you register your car as grantor /settlor, you've given them ownership, register or license means to beg and you make them Trustee, you then become a benificiary utilising the car, ie government agent, therefore are they liable for the insurance?
There's also been modifications to state that so long as cyclists are taking care (as in no victim) then cycling on the footway is allowable and should not be penalised.
Highways Act 1835 Section 72. It actually predates the bicycle, so it doesn't refer to bicycles specifically but to a "carriage of any description". A bicycle is considered a type of carriage.
@@ynotnilknarf39 I think the law hasn't really been modified, police officers have just been advised not to enforce it when cyclists are sufficiently considerate to any other people on the foot-way and have good reason to avoid the carrigeway.
@@barneylaurance1865 I know that a bicycle is a carriage, hwever both Labour (Boeteng when he was home sec) and a Tory minister have mentioned regards those cycling with care on a footway. On a footpath it's a totally different matter in any case.
Tbh the question about the ball with the picture they had used I would stop as well and let them retrieve it as no body else can come through reducing the risk for the child as well
Personally I think it's high time cyclists should have to register their cycles, have insurance together with formal training and display plates. When I was a bus driver in Bristol a sizeable proportion of people rode without consideration and often dangerously too, sure in the knowledge that they were untraceable.
I have lived in a number of North American juristrictions and am curious about something. Say a cyclist in England commits one of the offences that would result in penalty points against a motor vehicle driving licence, would they loose those points? Or do they even need to admit they have a drivers licence? Here the police can ask for identification and the urban myth is that cyclists should produce their photo health card and hope that the systems are not smart enough to connect the dots. However do not lie to a direct question about having a licence. "No comment". "Not on me".....
No DRUNK IN CHARGE mention here...Tricky offence in my view and being charged with years ago...the Wording INTENT in that offence needs a good looking at.
OK got it, don't accrue 12 points as you'll get a ban unless you are a celebrity or other rich person who can make up some spurious excuse & have it argued by a very expensive lawyer.
Catching up with your slightly older video’s they certainly don’t disappoint.
Enjoy all your stuff so much,very informative,hard to believe we existed without a black belt barrister?
Hard to imagine✊♥️
Interesting. At 63 hgv driver made redundant with many due to covid. I can say the times I have done a trailer/ vehicle check at start of shift found a defect reported it and been told just take it. Now I appreciate it is my call. But when your looking at a 12 hour day plus you dont want to hang around arguing. Wonder why there is a shortage of HGV drivers.
I was under the impression the shortage was due to pay being extremely poor, truck stops that are cleaned about once per century, having insane scheduling, and only being able to sleep at home about 2 nights per week (if you are lucky).
@@gordonlawrence1448 yes correct. LOL. Shall we make a list.
@@gordonlawrence1448 false positives from the fakePCR and lateral flow is the biggest issue.
Worst job I ever had, left after a year. Got bollocked for not doing enough runs when the apes had me shunting trailers around all morning ☠️
The UK obviously has an overly rigid way of handling uninsured vehicles with 6-8 points on the license and court. In Sweden, where I live, things are much simpler. We automatically gets a state covered insurance that is guaranteed to be the most expensive in the market, like two weeks third party insurance would cost about the same as 6 months full insurance at an insurance company. That way, there is no need to tie up courts with unnecessary cases, and third party is always covered. The fee is intentionally extremely high, as an incentive to get an insurance a.s.a.p.
That seems to leave out one rather significant detail, and that is how do Swedes get charged for this automatic insurance? If it's some fee, how do they enforce its payment and on what ground is it paid? As part of having a driving licence (seems a bit unfair if somebody doesn't own a vehicle) or charged against a vehicle owner. What if people own a vehicle and just drive it without paying these fees.
As it is, third party claimants for personal injury are always covered in the UK (by law) for uninsured drivers funded by a levy on car insurance.
@@TheEulerID As an answer to your question: In Sweden, it is the registered owner that is liable for taxes and having a "traffic insurance" (word ny word translation) on the car. This insurance is to cover any liabilities to second/third parties. The only way to not pay for insurance is to have the car registered as "not in traffic". The fees for the default insurance will get invoiced to the car owner weekly, and collected if necessary. All I wrote about registered owner also applies, in case of leasing, depending on the type of fee. The leasing company pays insurance and taxes and include them in the monthly fee, but fees like parking tickets goes directly to the registered lease holder (the person leasing the car).
If your car has airbags you must use a seat belt as they are designed to be used together, I saw a research programme years ago and airbags can cause horrible injuries if you are not belted in, especially small cars, they used to be labelled as SRS (Supplementary Restraint System).
About 3 years ago a guy reversed his car into a shopfront of a tenant I have. It was on CCTV. The driver and plate was clear on the HD CCTV. Several staff witnessed it. The tenant reported this. The police said it was ‘a civil matter’.
You know that’s rubbish. I know that’s rubbish. But they’re the police and we no longer have a police force or a court system free of corruption.
You have a great channel and offer fantastic value. 🙏
I'm beginning to appreciate the scope of all this advice so I'm saving these vids now, they're a little long for someone browsing but nevertheless they're very good and now I've got a new category 'Law'. I know it's not legal advice as such but a useful reference so Thank you, it's a great idea.
In this situation.
Points don't make prizes!
Question 5, I would also use my right turn signal whilst waiting to pass and until I have passed. I do this in an attempt to prevent impatient types behind me from passing me and then they suddenly come upon the horses and have no where to go if traffic is coming towards them. When driving a bus around the country lanes I would always signal right whilst waiting to pass. In my opinion it should be in the highway code too!
Nice bus 👍
And I simply overtake you AND the car in front of you. Why sit close to the front car, if you don't have the skill / confidence to overtake? YOU are risking accidents, and should be banned. Some idiots think that perfectly legal overtaking is dangerous! 🤣
Following your instructional videos now, for some time, and as regularly as you make them, I have begun rewiring my brain. I think differently and am more concise with my thoughts and the wording I use when thinking and talking, too. As I have such an horrific memory - you have been immesurably helpful - as I seem to be utilising other parts of my brain which allows me to speak more fluently and without constantly forgetting myself mid sentence, one hundred times a day. At least 'studying' law is a very positive direction with clear goals and very worthy of effort. Not that any effort seems to be required as your 'classes' are so much fun. You make law fun. That should be an epitaph, in due course...along with my daily dose of 'Stay Humble', which you might consider copywriting.
You asked yesterday about 'backdrops' and am wondering how to incorporate a scripted series of events which occur and you encounter to then explain the legalese. I can't for the life of me think how you might incorporate a battle re enactment, and make it about law, though on further consideration you could easily use the tools of ancient knights to show us an offensive weapon verses a defensive one. With drone B roll.
That sounds awesome!
Thanks, Nick! Indeed, training as a barrister rewired my brain and I've always thought differently ever since. I always see both sides of an argument, I look back upon things I've done before and how I might have done them differently. I don't always jump to conclusions as I may once have done. The list goes on. I'm grateful that you enjoy the content and share the journey.
I remember doing GSCE law and our teacher was fun and I did very well, but we had a barrister doing the AS Law law class and the class was so boring, all I remember was that he knew Cherie Blair. Law isn't boring at all and we had a few laughs in our GSCE class. I would consider doing law again with the right teacher but it is hard to find in adult education now.. I think it would be great to have an online law course 'for beginners' and 'intermediate' and functional law, with some fun stuff thrown in. I like contract law, employment, traffic law, land and tort.
@@beaulieuonnp593 Great idea!
I remember back in the 1960s cyclists were fined (£2 - quite a lot then!) for failing to stop at a STOP sign. Can you imagine that now?
I can not only imagine it, but cyclists have uploaded videos of it happening to them going through red lights.
Early 60s the average wage was circa £300 per annum. That £2 would have really hurt.
In the early 50s I was given a lecture by a copper for not stopping at a halt sign on my bike.
It was early in the morning without any vehicle in sight from any direction and I was slowed right down because I was stopping immediately round the corner to deliver a newspaper.
I was once arrested and charged with "Drunk in charge of a pedal cycle". There is no breath test or sample for this and is down to the judgement of the officer.
Found not guilty at magistrates due to the ridicules events a great solicitor and poor police work.
Cheers
40-odd years ago a friend was similarly pulled over for being drunk in charge of cycle. To be fair, he was cycling on a dual carriageway the wrong way in the outside lane of the opposite carriageway thinking he was in the left lane of the correct carriageway!
@@MrPaulMorris I was knocked off my bike by a police car on a pedestrian square, at night in a sleet storm. Accused me of breaking into a shop, which I hadn't and was obvious.
As he had written of my bike and damaged the cop car he arrested me for drunk on a bike so I would foot the bill for repairs to the cop car.
He had a BAD day in court, I was found not guilty as he had nothing written down. He had to pay for a new back wing.
@Ryan I was eventually arrested by the local chief constable for stealing.
Had picked up some wood near the tracks
at a station on my way home. It was night, it was christmas and the wood was for my fire.
Night in the cells and while in the interrrogation room saw some bad treatment of a mentally disturbed man.
I had at the time jumped bail for assault of a police officer, they knew I had a past but could not find anything to keep me in.
Met a few good coppers but mostly bad.
Evening all.
Lost my licence, had to resit both my car and motorcycle licence, banned for 6 months on first offence, for pushing a motorcycle along the road without a crash helmit. That's Stonehaven Sheriff Court justice for you.
@@willtricks9432 You jump bail for assault and then have the audacity to judge others. No hypocrisy there then?
Last week I observed a delivery truck hit a parked vehicle as the truck was turning into a property entrance. It was a significant contact lifting the parked vehicle and it rocked on its suspension when it dropped down. The driver carried on without stopping. I gave it a little time and the driver of the truck did not return to supply their details. I was in my parking officer uniform so I walked into the carpark of the business at which the truck was delivering, establishing that the driver was still inside, I asked a member of staff to locate and advise him I wished to speak with him.
When the driver returned he claimed not to be aware of the accident, I showed him the damage that he had caused and enquired as to whether he was going to leave his details. I continued to observe for a while longer to ensure that he did leave a note, I also attached my own note providing my contact details and the plate number of the vehicle involved along with time and date.
I was shocked that the driver of the truck would have claimed ignorance and would not have reported the incident if not approached.
Cycling on the footway (pavement is ambiguous as it could include shared paths) is illegal, however two or more government ministers have advised ACOO/NPCC that, if a cyclist is riding on the footway out of fear for traffic and is otherwise not riding inconsiderately, they should not be prosecuted.
That is not law, but it does put the offence into perspective.
Given the choice of a £500 fine or death at the hands of a motorist, logic would dictate the £500 fine.
@@stephengraham1153 Given the choice of a £500 fine or death, I get off my bike and walk.
In London I am told that cyclists are allowed(encouraged) to ride on the pavement if a cycle lane is not available. So to a cyclist this means that the rules of cycle lanes apply to the pavement ie put your head down, go as fast as you can and under no circumstances do you give way to pedestrians. Yes I really did have that conversation one night when I foolishly stepped out of a tube station exit onto a pavement and into the path of a speeding cyclist. Fortunately there were no witnesses so I avoided prosecution for careless walking.
@@mikewing3157 "In London I am told that cyclists are allowed(encouraged) to ride on the pavement if a cycle lane is not available." That's not accurate. Nationally, police forces have been advised not to prosecute cyclists who are cycling on the pavement in a way that is considerate to pedestrians, especially where the road is dangerous to cycle in. People who cycle quickly and/or aggressively on the pavement are dicks and would be doing that regardless of whether the police thought it was OK to cycle on the pavement at all.
@@beeble2003 So why bother taking the bike? Just walk everywhere.
I have been let off scott free after being stopped and given a producer a good while back and not having an MOT. What I did do though was take all the maintenance receipts to the police station and explain that as I had not had the motorbike from new and it was a first MOT i had lost track of when it was due. The desk Sergeant went through and totted up the bills for maintenance and said words to the effect of "I can see this is a genuine mistake as you have spent a fortune in the last 12 months maintaining the bike, therefore I'm giving you a week from today to get a valid MOT".
Coppers wouldn't do this today. They'd nick you then check your Internet history to make sure you haven't offended anyone on twitter
Twenty years ago I was stopped on the M40 for speeding 102MPH. I received the paperwork and noticed mitigating circumstances. Why not I thought. My mitigating circumstances was that I needed my car to take my old folks shopping twice a week and take them to the hospital if necessary, all quite true. I live near Woking, Surrey and the court was in Banbury, useful. There were three "judges" and they left the court for a conflab. My circumstances were accepted and I got six points and a £100.00 fine. An usher (if that's what they are called" said, "They are all about your age and all have elderly parents to look after". So, some are human.
But only when it affects them. In general, it's all about the money - courts are tax collectors - nothing more.
When ther are horses being ridden on the road , as in the picture, I reduce speed signal right and move as far to the right as possible. In town you just have hang back and hope you don't have to drive over something dropped.
What about the strict licencing, training and insurance requirements horse riders on the road have to meet. Oh, wait....
@@cliveadams7629 As stated in the video insurance is about protecting other people. I can not find one incidence in stats of a horse being led or ridden that was the cause of a road accident. 80% of accidents involving horses are due to drivers travelling too fast or too close. So there does not seem be much of a need for these things, unlike operators of dangerous machinery.
@@greenjacket6305 I guess you didn't look very hard because I know 2 horse riders who've been very glad of their insurance though one was not technically a rider at the time as they were driving. My point is that horses are quite capable of causing a serious accident and, unlike motor vehicles, even when being "operated" carefully and competently. As a rider (well, not for a while now) I can agree on the idiots on wheels being far more likely to cause trouble.
@@cliveadams7629 Your almost anecdote of one rider is not statistically significant.
@@greenjacket6305 Nor is your not even an anecdote of not knowing of any horse or rider who has caused an accident. But carry on trying to feel superior, I can't be arsed to do the minimal Google "research" which would prove you wrong.
My wife was knocked down by a cyclist on a light controlled crossing. He was taken to court
and ordered to pay compensation to my wife. As he was unemployed with no money, she hardly
got anything.
They should have to ride w due care and attention on sidewalks only and give way to all pedestrians etc and ride with the utmost respect to all and wait at crossings if not safe to cross as a pedestrian would ;)
I motorbike and cycle mtb and have drove cars as a driver not a cager for 30 years...motorbike for 5yrs cyclist for 40 years 🙏🤷♂️
It#s strange, that although the vast majority of "lycra clad" cyclists are also drivers, they still consider themselves top of the pecking order.
That's the problem the ability to pay I think any compensation awards or fines should be liable for life untill paid so if he gets a job 10 years down the line he would still have to pay or if he gets some kind of inheritance he should still have to pay there should be no time limitations on outstanding fines or awards by courts
Believe it or not there was more than one multiple choice question book available in public libraries in 1980 with virtually exactly the same type and style of questions decades before they even introduced them in the written test.
in 1992 as a cyclist I was fined for no lights £2000,00 including costs . I had a dynamo which stopped when I stopped and my lights went out when I reached a busy junction.
Very interesting. Many years ago I only just avoided knocking a policeman off his bike in similar circumstances. He stopped in a gap in a dual carriageway that I was crossing in my first car. His lights went out when he stopped and he was wearing his dark blue uniform. I look up and down the road, nothing coming so I drove forward and there he was right in front of me. Luckily I stopped in time and he understood how it happened.
I'm so sad that you missed out my personal favourite. :(
Wanton or furious driving or racing
Section 35 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 - 2 years - indictable offence - 3 to 9 points if mechanically propelled vehicle DD90
It is an offence for any person having charge of any carriage or vehicle, by wanton or furious driving, or racing, or other wilful misconduct, or by wilful neglect, doing, or causing to be done any bodily harm to any person.
A couple of cyclists have been sentenced to the two years in jail for this. One killed a pedestrian. Fixed wheel cycle and no working brake.
Love the videos.
"I thought my insurance had automatically renewed" isn't an argument.
Even with auto renewal, the insurance company will write or at least email a renewal reminder offer up to one month in advance because it might include changes to the previous policy including premium increases or cover restrictions that you might not agree with, giving you ample opportunity to refuse the offer and look elsewhere for motor insurance. Only if it says "if you agree to the changes you need do nothing." Even then, you will receive a letter/email of confirmation including the new documents.
One month in which to forget its up for renewal is quite possible.
RE: Posting.......if you film yourself at the post office and the said item clearly and putting it in the packaging filming the address then filming yourself placing it in a post box or passing it over the counter you have proof of posting lol but not when unles you also film the post office calender clock.
Mind you proof of sending is not proof of receiving even e mails can disappear into junk mail.
@@marklittler784
It's your responsibility to check.
@@marklittler784
Or you could just post it recorded delivery.
A UK friend of mine lost his driver's license for 5 years for sleeping in his car, plus was faced with a hefty (if memory serves me right £3500) fine.
Storytime: Snowy winter night, he went out with friends and they all ended up drunk at a moment when they had to leave. All of the other lads chose to drive home absolutely shitfaced, but my friend opted to sleep it off in the BACKSEAT of his car. Since it was so cold he had the keys in the ignition though for the heating, so he was legally operating the vehicle (again, fast asleep in the backseat) while inebriated. The only reason he didn't get jailtime is because he argued he was being punished for being responsible.
What about “furious cycling”?
"Wanton and furious" going way back to 1861, that's why we need to update the legislation so we have causing death by dangerous cycling, so we don't charge people with extremely outdated and inappropriate legislation and normally end up trying to tag manslaughter charges with it
@@bambam859 Can you supply any figures for the numbers of people killed by dangerous cycling in the UK?
@@theloveboxquartet I think it's around 1 or 2 per year
Grand theft cycle
@@theloveboxquartet zero
In 1985, when I was just 17, I was twice taken to court, and fined for speeding on my bicycle. Both offences occurred on the same road, in Bishopbriggs, north of Glasgow. Both times I was caught by the same two officers. I was clocked at 46mph, and 48mph, whilst overtaking slower traffic. I argued that I couldn't tell how fast I was going, as, back then, I didn't have a speedometer on my bicycle (a fine Raleigh 12 speed which I used to get to work as I couldn't drive. I did modify the gearing a little, just to ensure that I could keep up with regular road traffic). No excuse. Fined £15 for the first offence, and £30 for the second as they occurred just 6 weeks apart. And, my bicycle was confiscated too, so I had to learn to drive and get a car instead. I don't think that would happen now.
@Red Lobster Skull it's around 1.5 miles, down hill, but I modified with additional gearing, easy enough to do. The bike was easily capable of being ridden at 30-35mph on the flat with moderate effort, uphill was a bitch, not geared for low speed. There's no need for cyclists to be riding along at 15mph, any modern adult bike is capable of much more than that.
@Red Lobster Skull did you not read "modified"? As a teenager, that's what me and my friends did. Additional gears/chains /selectors with the sole purpose of going faster than the original bike was intended to do. It was these modifications that resulted in the confiscation order.
@Red Lobster Skull I should also say that I have 2 bikes now, unmodified, but with calibrated speedos. I have severe arthritis, a heart condition, more than a few stone overweight, and I can still ride at around 20 mph on the flat. For a fit teenager, 30-35 should be a breeze.
I wonder if this is just a glesga thing, cos we did exactly the same things with our bikes. We used to race, and beat, the cars down Royston Road, but stopping was a bitch, no disc brakes on bikes back then. We had to add an extra brake behind the main back brakes. I don't recall anybody getting nabbed for speeding though, not in our bit.
I have seen, on one of these police programs on tv where police are filmed at work.The was one time a police officer was on either a phone or radio and he was using both hands and using his knees to steer his car. Greater Manchester Police.
I wonder if you can pass the hazard perception test as easily. For experienced drivers they can be hard as you spot the hazard too soon.
@@paulcollyer801 same here and some of the hazards they wanted noting I had already noticed and dismissed
It's even worse for bikers. I had to do a re-test and failed it. The next time I counted 3 seconds after spotting the hazard and then pressed the button and passed. 3 seconds is 80 meters on a dual carriage way at 60MPH. That's enough time to stop completely.
Yes motorcyclists are the most vulnerable, and the Police are quick to remind you of this. But riddle me this, Batman: if a motorcyclist is playing traffic slalom in a slow-moving queue, you've looked around and are always vigilant, one of them comes up close to your nearside front bumper seeking to cross to the vehicle in front of you's offside and you clip him because he goes too close for you to stop and craters the back end of the vehicle in front, what then? Driving in London wouldn't be so difficult were it not for the bloody two-wheeled maniacs!
When it comes to two wheelers filtering, it is up to all parties to take reasonable care. Any case would be judged on that principle.
Have you ever considered seeking treatment for your attitude?
@@alanbrown5593 why should I waste NHS resources on unnecessary treatments? If suicyclists want to get themselves killed it's regrettable but ultimately their own affair, but I don't see why it should affect me apart from the waste of life x
@@AndrewGruffudd An interesting reply, which shows why it is necessary, anything that keeps individuals safe on the road isn't a waste of resources.
@@alanbrown5593 then again, as you seem to be advocating for a situation where motorcyclists can hurtle pell mell with nary a thought to their responsibilities which are then to be taken up by the adults in the car, perhaps it is you who needs the intervention. After all, we know that those who virtue signal the loudest are often the most culpable
Question 2....all of above! Your laugh sums it up!!!!🤣
What about cycling on the pavement when you consider it too dangerous to cycle on the road? Wasn't that defined by David Blunkett years ago and hasn't been reinterpreted since?
im wondering that aswell, i have 0 trust in drivers thanks to an entitled karen hitting me off my bike 10 years ago
It's still illegal but there is guidance for police officers not to always enforce the law in that situation, particularly if you are not cycling a place or manner that will endanger or distress anyone else.
E.g You're unlikely to be prosecuted for cycling on an otherwise empty pavement that doesn't connect to side streets or homes next to a busy A-road.
Wow! Scary stuff! Seems like anything other than perfection in your driving or riding conduct, vehicle condition and regulatory administration can attract draconian punishments making the use of a vehicle too much of an expensive risk. Imagine a police officer using the fullest extent of the law against a kid on an electric scooter on the pavement….as kids do! Offences I’m guessing could look like…unregistered vehicle, riding on a footpath, motor over 250W, no full m/c helmet, no third party insurance (because it’s unregistered with DVLA), careless riding (because footpath), no MOT if purchased over threes years ago. Plus more I’m sure. Thankfully most officers just issue warnings and desist, but some are issuing fines and penalty points. At worst…applying everything you’d be lucky to escape jail…for a mere scooter! The fault for this clear Government over-reach lies with DVSA which adds increasingly stringent regulations almost year on year (all in the name of “safety” to prevent dissent) with seemingly no big Government oversight, or care. We will end up being prosecuted for treading on the cracks in the pavement…that’s the way this is going!
Would 'failing to report an accident' still apply if it's a private car park and thus not public highway?
If a cyclist commits a road traffic offence, then if that person attends court then points can be applied to their driving licence and if they don't have a licence then the court can request that a driving record can be created by the DVLA so points can be applied.
Regarding the other commenter, if an officer catches you riding a pedal cycle whilst intoxicated. Then they could request a specimen of breath. if that is positive you will be arrested and go through the same process as any other motorist and you would need a good solicitor to get you off if the station procedure is positive.
Wouldn’t the identifying question breach GDPR/DPA, ?would in my opinion...rice v connolly springs to mind...no obligation to assist, which was recently upheld in neale v dpp...
Wearing a seatbelt is so important. Also if there is a serious crash, this involves the emergency services and their resources will be used up in a preventable crash.
It's also important that any passenger behind you is wearing a seat belt. Getting hit from behind by a 30-90kg mass that's doing 30mph isn't much fun at all.
Interesting about the failure to stop. I’m aware of a lot of occasions where drivers have had a low speed impact and just agreed to sort their own repairs, not notify the police or their insurance (probable cost of repair is less than their excess but could impact no claims discount) and don’t bother to exchange details. As I understand what was said here, because there was damage they have to exchange details. Also, from what I’ve seen they seem to have been caused by one person tail gating the other or pulling in too close ahead.
I was guarding an embassy in London and got sick of cyclists doing red lights right in front of me. Following day I brought a pile of tickets with me, I couldn't write quick enough, even had em lined up. The contempt from cyclists is astounding, that was a good day 👌
Exactly why I use the kerbs and never the roads.;) and do t stop for nothin. That's the benefit of taking life in one's own hands :)
The most vulnerable road used in a hedgehog not a motorcycle.
Ha! Some of the wrong answers on the online test seem deliberately to be aimed at Mercedes drivers... :)
An important point about passing horses is to try and keep the noise, especially sudden noise, to a minimum. Therefore, when passing the horses, use the highest gear possible and accelerate smoothly past them.
Unless of course the horse rider is an arrogant arse and shouts and gesticulates madly at you for rudely being on the same road as them, in which case roar past them blaring your horn... (joking, don't do this, but it's tempting at times)
Car Hire conditions. Can they stipulate “No insurance will cover customers driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and/or found using their cellular phone at the time of an accident”. How would you know? It is legal to drive below a measurable prescribed alcohol limit in most countries so is this legal? This was Alamo in the USA.
The police (in my case hampshire) barely react to phootage (as a cyclist) showing dangerous driving. Do you think they will investiaget/pay any attention to car aprk prongs that will be covered by insurance (in real life circumstances)?
What action police take does seem to depend on the force in that area.
Check out the RUclipsr CyclingMikey, the police do take notice of his videos in London, much to many a motorist's chagrin.
Elsewhere in the country, the police took no action against a woman who deliberately drove into a cyclist.
If you send it directly to the traffic department with enough evidence to get an easy conviction they will love you. Easy conviction for minimal work on their behalf. Try communicating with the senior traffic officer. Provide a long enough video to show you were behaving reasonably and the weren't.
I live in an area where there are tens of miles of cycle lanes provided by the Council yet hardly any cyclist uses them. They invariably cycle in the road and hold up cars with obvious delight. How is this legal?
In Southampton cyclists ride on the pavement with a cycle path next to it it"s their right i know i have been told often they get away with it as i dont think we have a police force here as i havent seen one in the last 7 years
Generally menopausal old men in tights. You've got to allow for them - it IS a mental illness after all. 🤣
Unless you physically restrain an errant cyclist, they are completely anonymous.
No licence plate, nothing.
We all know professional footballers never get done for speeding.
Yobbos driving without insurance simply get a worthless ban, and they carry on driving.
In the UK, the best option is to do what they do in New Zealand, and that is to confiscate your car for 30 days.
The same should be done to errant cyclists.
In Germany fines are dished out as multiples of daily earnings under the principle that fines must hurt everybody equally.
A football player there ultimately had to pay over €500 000 for a speeding ticket.
Of course the presiding judge has no idea of the defendants earnings, he merely decides on guilt and then looks up how many daily earnings are appropriate for the individual case. The maximum fine for repeat offenders is 720x daily income (not for speeding though).
How do the cops get away using a mobile device whilst driving?
Is it one rule for them
It would be the copper in the passenger seat that uses the radio, but I heard somewhere that radio's are exempt anyway that's why they can use them on Top gear and the grand tour.
@@williamwilliams8145 no exemption. There's hands free in cop cars but often not used.
I'm enjoying your videos man, best of luck with the website. I think it was somewhat glossed over what is a "dangerous vehicle"? I mean I heard of someone getting pulled over only to later be found to have inadequate windscreen washer fluid and somehow charged. Can it be true. 🤔 If I can't see out the back because snow is on the window, or I've not cleaned the snow from the roof to stop it blowing in to the car behind yeah ok. Top work boss 🙂
Wiper(s) and washer need to be functional for Mot. So it is an automatic failure and therefore dangerous. And yes some cars only have one small wiper for the driver.
@RoseTintedWindscreen yeah, I too have the convertible so just the heated window, but I occasionally see people drive around having not only failed to clear the rear window and roof, but none of the others and only half the front! It's dangerous not only because you can't see, but a slab of snow sliding off in to the car behind, at speed, isn't going to be pretty! Mind you, it doesn't seem to snow that much anymore 🙄
My car only runs on 3 cylinders, has rotted wheel arches, smokes, Exhaust just hanging on, mirror duct taped on, tires bald and a knackered suspension. All the lights work and the wipers are great I always make sure to keep them in top condition
I have my car insurance renewal for 28th February, idk why but I always remember to check
What part of the law is covered, when the car in front decides to indicate to turn right or left and the coming side road just before said road, or waiting at traffic lights and they change to green and the traffic starts to move off, the car in front then decide to put indicator on even though you have been siting there for a few minutes! Undue care?
Not sure this is implemented as much as it could be(understatement of the year😉)
Was given a lift by a friend when he was pulled over,car was stollen!
I thought it was his parents car but was still arrested & charged with “allowing myself to be transported in a stollen vehicle”.
Fortunately it went to crown court as other charges for main person were involved. Judge heard my defence & gave me absolute discharge?
Have always though/hoped that this means I don’t have a criminal record?Over 45 years ago.
Interesting information on the Highway Code , can you clarify wether a person on a pedal cycle has to conform to the speed limit . At 30 mph very flew cycle riders could exceed this speed, but now with the introduction of lower (20 mph) many cycle riders are exceeding this limit although it does not appear that cycles at the moment require speedometers to be fitted.
Speed limits don't apply to cycles, I was told this by someone who was very knowledgeable about the legalities of cycling.
They can be fined for riding dangerously, but not for speeding.
Speed limits only apply to motor vehicles
Failure to say who was driving is 6 penalty points. I have 5 of these so I am looking to get 5xspeeding 3points = 15points and 5x6points = 30 = grand totaL 45 POINTS. I seem like I am screwed. Any help?
Can you do a video on Jury nullification
Following a recent trip into London, as a motorcyclist who observed the 20 m.p.h. speed limit, I found cyclists over taking me at times, thus exceeding the speed limit and many cycle through red lights. What if any penalties do they face since they do not require a license?
When I was a teenager back in the late 60's a boy in the village was charged with speeding on his cycle he was riding the bike at nearly twenty miles an hour where there was a five mile an hour speed limit. I also read somewhere about a man I think in the late 19th centaury or early 20th being convicted of pedalling furiously.
Unsure about the 60's but 5mph is not an enforecable speed limit these days and is just a polite request, you often find these silly speeds on private land. Although if you have an accident and go to court the judge will take it into consideration, just the same as the bogus roundabouts and bogus zebra crossings in supermarket car parks.
That's strange because speed limits only apply to motor vehicles. A cyclist getting into an accident while going over the speed limit would have that fact taken against them, but there's no such thing as speeding on a pedal cycle. Quite apart from anything else, there's no obligation for a bicycle to be fitted with a speedometer.
@@beeble2003 On top of that the ones that do exist are wildly inaccurate.
@@gordonlawrence1448 no they aren't. MUCH more accurate than Strava
Question regarding phones, if your phone is in a windscreen mount, and can be answered with one finger without taking your hand off the steering wheel and have a hands free conversation, is that acceptable in law, it really is no different to using a steering wheel button to answer or any other dashboard switch
I see on RUclips lots of negative comments about cyclists and statements like ' you aren't insured or pay road tax ', might be worth answering this as most cyclists in clubs are insured - if they cause a road accident with a car they are responsible and the insurance covers it or does it ?? Who is responsible if there is a road accident caused by a cyclist ??
What advice can you give to lawschool students on fields to follow if they intend to practice in future?
should be linked to licence so Jump red light 3 points etc which if have car increase insurace also insurance in bikes which then may actually make them ride better
What about cyclists who don't have driving licenses? You need insurance as a motorist because cars can and regularly do cause immense amounts of damage to people and property. And, before you bring it up, yes, bad cyclists kill a few pedestrians per year. Bad motorists kill a few hundred pedestrians per year.
@@beeble2003 well they can have a Licence too they would have to pass a Test. on highway code.
they cycists may kill a few pedesrians a Year. but shouldnt iill any. they are seldom if ever prosecuted. due to ridi g off
many ride with No Lights
using mibile phone
some also ride their bike to pub
they should he licence registers and insureed
and those who say " Taxthem " they have Zero emissions so would have Zero tax anyway
they should also have mOT too to ensure their bikes are in roadworthy condition
so often i see bikes on pavements
only today i saw a " Proper cyclist " o ne with a Proper road bike all lyrced up
we were queuinv in traffic at Temp lights for a road resurface
this clown then cycles past us all throigh the red ligts into on coming traffic.
yet not diddle squat is done
each person should have a Licece it can be linked to their car licence or indepenadt of it. but can add cars etc should they use them
points incurred will be on the licence
@@wayneevans7376 Your proposal disqualifies children from riding on the street. You list several examples of illegal and indefensible behaviour by cyclists but give no indication of how your proposal would actually solve this problem or how the vast expense of it is proportional to the problem. Somebody who is prepared to cycle through a red light, which is aready illegal, would be prepared to cycle without a license if that were illegal. Looking at it from the other direction, the police do nothing about people cycling through red lights; why do you expect that they will do anything about people cycling without a license?
I could give just as many examples of illegal behaviour by car drivers. Car drivers routinely run red lights: nobody does anything. Car drivers routinely drive around without proper lights: nobody does anything. Car drivers routinely drive aggressively and dangerously towards each other and towards cyclists: nobody does anything. The consequences of car drivers misbehaving are approximately two thousand dead people every year. The consequences of cyclists misbehaving are approximately two dead people every year. Which of these problems should we be putting effort into tackling?
@@wayneevans7376 I'm making the assumption English is not your primary language?
Friend had problem with insurance, they borrowed boss car, who agreed to cover him on their insurance. When he had accident the boss changed their mind and said he was not covered by insurance in
The Highway Code is rule based, underpinned by the Acts of Law, if I understand the messages in your videos. What about pedestrians who walk in a car park behind a reversing car entering a parking bay? The rule (12?) says never do this, yet this seems to be ignored by the police in my personal eperience.
your thoughts on the magic roundabout in Swindon ?
I find it incredible that anyone should think its ok to go onto a dual carriageway on any powered invalid vehicle regardless of any coloured flashing light, imagine trundling along at about 4 mph with motor vehicles approaching from behind at 60 and 70mph!
@9.52 : failing to stop at a scene of an accident; the car park scenario, what might the correct procedure be to obtain video footage from a car park of a shop/business?
A lot of people have written on local neighborhood sites, after their car was hit by another vehicle, myself too on one occasion, shops claim that only the police are authorised to obtain video footage and police have responded vice-versa, the footage must be obtained before proceeding with a report.
If that's the case, I'd say contact the police through the nearest police station and put in a report seems like the most obvious way forward. They can then take the report to the shop in question and obtain the footage for evidence.
I got robbed once by a red light camera....my front wheels were on the line doing 27mph as was waiting for them to change. It still changed to amber and flashed me. I was offered to pick a speeding course or a traffic light course to Sir through both no doubt we're unless and a fine or I could have picked a fine and points 🤷♂️
When traffic lights change from red they turn from red to red/amber, then to green. Red/Amber is still classed as a red light since the red is still lit and there is no green. Jumping that will still trigger a traffic cam. Your fault entirely. The only thing you have a reason to feel robbed of is common sense and IQ.
The Road Traffic Act defines a road as anything that looks like a road, including roads across private land, hospital driveways etc.
But at the same time I know of someone who argued that a hospital drive was not a road and the magistrates accepted it.
public road, roadway / highway, or private road? all use the word "road" but are very different things in law.
@@johng.1703 They are, but the road traffic act basically says if it looks like a road then it as a road as far as the act is concerned.
@@neilcampbell2222 and how does the RTA define what a road looks like? a runway looks like a road, so is a runway a road?
@@johng.1703 Seems like a road for aeroplanes.
Publicly accessible private roads is another one and roads with barriers.
The carpark example, was it private land? If so, no further action.
I see alot of drivers driving with snow on the top & most of all the windows of the vehicle,I used to carry a long handle brush to clear the windows & cab roof.Car & van owners mostly just clear the windscreen just infront of the driver,they do not understand that as the vehicle roof gets warmer or severe breaking that snow will move onto the windscreen blocking the drivers view=accident OR can eject to the rear of the vehicle causing maybe an accident.So I ask is this a penalty points driving offence with undue care & attension.I would like to add further HGV drivers towing a trailer which has a roof in winter time sheets of ice fall off when the truck is driven at speed,this can & does make other road users make an abrupt change of direction.
What is the law concerning dash cams? I regularly record motoring offences. Have people been convicted from dash cams alone?
Covered this in ruclips.net/video/MV6oG42tR8A/видео.html live @ 6PM on @BlackBeltSecrets !
About 10 yrs ago, I was at the side of the road helping a guy who'd crashed after clipping the side of the road, his leg was trapped inside the car. Noone stopped to assist, hundreds of cars passed us. I think anyone who doesn't stop should get a jail penalty minimum. Eventually, of all the vehicles to pass an ambulance stopped and help was supplied. Nothing worse than watching helplessly as people just drive past, without a care in the world. The penalties for driving offences and failing to stop at accidents are stupidly low. Friend of mine was killed by a car on wrong side of the road, driver was convicted of reckless driving and didn't even goto jail.
Well done for actually stopping for the accident Natural Druid. How traumatic. I am sorry about your friend. And also about the offenders ‘conviction’.
As a motorcyclist I used to be furious at people who didn't stop, but now as a father/husband I can understand someone not wanting to stop through fear of the young passengers seeing something very traumatic.
@@whatyousaidbud Yeh I do agree with you on that front, but they could still stop long enough to call for help. There is no valid excuse for not stopping to offer, the people at the scene can say if they have already called 999 for you etc. As it is, there is now a higher chance of people slowing down to rubberneck and film a crash than there is of them ever offering to help or save a life.
People talk these days about changing the attitude of the police here in the UK.. but it is Society.. that needs a change of attitude. Not just the police.
Can you please expand on the failure to report an accident? In the car park example you gave what if it was a private car park used by the public or a private car park not used by the public? Would you still need to report to police within 24hrs?
Different but enjoyable!
Not only are you the black belt barrister you're also the black belt driving test taker :)
Interesting video, although it might be worth pointing out that the fines you quote are the maximum for the offence and that any financial penalty is based on means.
Theft - isn't called theft when practised by the State... but that's what it is
In the past if you were caught driving a car with no MOT certificate you would be given 14 days to produce one at a police station, I used this loophole to get my car MOT'd a couple of times and avoided a fine. But a few years ago after the online MOT certificates were introduced I was caught driving my wife's car which, I apparently, had forgotten to get MOT'd!! And was given a fine there and then that i had to pay, cant remember how much it was but I now know exactly when my wife's cars MOT is due.
Do the fines etc that you refer to also apply to cyclists who go through red lights?
so easy to end up not insured to drive i found out, had to send info for my no clames discount took me a while to get it but sent it in when i did only found out they canceld my insurence after getting home from a bike rally on the friday i left!! i was just lucky i wasnt stoped!! they said the info i sent wasnt good enough and they sent me a email, i didnt get one though and then they charged me more to sort it out!!
On the section 172 notice... what if disclosing the identity of the driver were to lead to self incrimination (assuming the owner were not the driver)?
What is the law in relation to " lane sharing " by bicycles and motor cycles and do the same rules apply to cars?
( I am thinking of the situation where a cyclist has a gap more than the width of a car at traffic lights )
Can police stop an ebike to routinely check if it is legal for use on roads? Thank you
Mind you if you get out of your car in traffic to answer your phone you're certainly not driving it, attending it or in charge of it maybe.
Question sir, what in law would the cyclist be expected do approaching a junction as how many times do they undertake cars that are slowing and indicating to turn at a junction or slip road when this happens is the car driver in the wrong if they being the cyclists) push themselves into a hazardous situation or would the car driver still as the less vulnerable road user be blamed?
Can a local council change the rules for parking on the pavement?
Yes it can.
But it is illegal to drive on a pavement. How do you park on a pavement without driving on it first? Hulk Hogan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the incredible hulk, powerman competition winners excluded of course. 😉
@@ianl1052 Totally agree,the only way around it is crane your vehicle into position,any motion driving anywheel onto a pedestrion footpath IS illegal, my council are allowing parking on the footpath & some cars are half a car on & off the pavement, an older lady has a walking trolley for stability/shopping but she cannot get past the cars which park oposite a lampost very close to my garden wall so she has to go on the road to get around the car involved, the path is quite wide.Took the matter to the council and they inturn contacted the police.
The police talk about the fatal four;using a phone, drink or drugs, seat belts and speed. Yet in the pub, at work or on - line, almost everybody moans about the police taking action on these offences. Recently a young man met his mates in the pub, had a few drinks, got into his AMG Mercedes and crashed at high speed into a tree. He died instantly. Partly because he'd been drinking; partly because canaboids were found during the post mortem; partly because he was driving at high speed and partly because he'd clipped his seat belt in behind him. So out of the Fatal Four, he'd succomed to three of them.
My car is keyless, what effect does this have on showing that that I was not driving?
Could you please tell me, I own an e-bike with two modes of power. The first mode complies with the law and assists up to 15mph, the second mode for off-road and private land gives me assistance over the 15 mph law limit. my question is if I ride my bike on road with the second power mode turned off can I be in trouble? many thanks for any advice you can give me, Harry
Keep your power assist on road mode & you'll be fine.
Off road mode is not to be used on road.
A legal ebike has a maximum power output. If it can exceed that then it is not a bicycle but an electric motorbike. You then need an mot, licence and insurance. It also won't have been type approved so will need a dvla approval as a one-off vehicle.
It's potentially a lot of trouble if caught!
Speaking from Canada where rules obviously may be different.... if you can change modes while riding the worst case will apply. If you need to get off and flip some switch inside a latched box you may be ok.
Look up the legal definition of Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle. As Neil says it sounds like your bike doesn't fit the definition so it isn't an EPAC - since it has a motor and it isn't an EPAC that would make it a motor vehicle, with all the bureaucratic requirements that that implies.
Question, you mentioned children in the back, I always understood that the law says children under 12 years of age Must travel in the rear seat not the front, would this apply also to babies/ baby seats and carry cots in fron seats as this is something I often see
Because you take a case to court you should not face blackmail in the form of harsher penalties .The points system is DRACONIAN .Three years is way too long for points .It should be 6 months
Tonight leaving work there was about 8 teenagers riding bicycles all wearing black and no lights can't something be done about this. Another thing is cyclists using mobiles while riding with either one or no hands I see this on a regular basis and it really ticks me off also couldn't they be charged tax and insurance because if they crash into you its the driver that suffers
I had the exact same experience once in my car but with a group of skateboard riders.
Under the DUI laws where do I stand on prescription medications. Both my wife and I take opiate based medications. Obviously on the bottle it states do not drive if affected by certain side effects. I take my normal medications but do not drive if I take extra as required medications. At times I do not feel effected. Obviously I legally take the medications as many others do. Is there any law in relation to medications?
With those, I think, it's safest to consult a doctor. You CAN be done for drug driving if you're influenced by them, but obviously, if you're not, and your doctor says it's ok, it's someone who is able to professionally state you're fine with them.
@@pelicanofpunishment6 . I have checked with insurance company, doctors, pharmacist....and police. They all say what is on the bottles...do not drive if affected or operate heavy machinery. My insurance company said carry a repeat prescription to show police. I am sensible I take my regular pain medication but if I start on the as required ones I stop driving, The worrying point is I know people on far more than me and drive.
If you register your car as grantor /settlor, you've given them ownership, register or license means to beg and you make them Trustee, you then become a benificiary utilising the car, ie government agent, therefore are they liable for the insurance?
That was just babble.
There's also an old victorian law about about cycling on the pavement and a £100 fine.
There's also been modifications to state that so long as cyclists are taking care (as in no victim) then cycling on the footway is allowable and should not be penalised.
Highways Act 1835 Section 72. It actually predates the bicycle, so it doesn't refer to bicycles specifically but to a "carriage of any description". A bicycle is considered a type of carriage.
@@ynotnilknarf39 I think the law hasn't really been modified, police officers have just been advised not to enforce it when cyclists are sufficiently considerate to any other people on the foot-way and have good reason to avoid the carrigeway.
@@barneylaurance1865 I know that a bicycle is a carriage, hwever both Labour (Boeteng when he was home sec) and a Tory minister have mentioned regards those cycling with care on a footway. On a footpath it's a totally different matter in any case.
@@barneylaurance1865 also consider the words utilised "Without let or hinderence" Mr. Khan!
Does the same law apply, re: mobile phone usage while driving, to using a microphone for a CB or other two way radio fitted to a vehicle?
'using a hand held device' there's a ticket for it.
Tbh the question about the ball with the picture they had used I would stop as well and let them retrieve it as no body else can come through reducing the risk for the child as well
A cyclist could fit and it is common for cyclists to try to do that.
Personally I think it's high time cyclists should have to register their cycles, have insurance together with formal training and display plates. When I was a bus driver in Bristol a sizeable proportion of people rode without consideration and often dangerously too, sure in the knowledge that they were untraceable.
@Red Lobster Skull so, what do you think?
I have lived in a number of North American juristrictions and am curious about something. Say a cyclist in England commits one of the offences that would result in penalty points against a motor vehicle driving licence, would they loose those points? Or do they even need to admit they have a drivers licence?
Here the police can ask for identification and the urban myth is that cyclists should produce their photo health card and hope that the systems are not smart enough to connect the dots. However do not lie to a direct question about having a licence. "No comment". "Not on me".....
Wanton and furious cycling s35 of Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Upto 2 years imprisonment.
No DRUNK IN CHARGE mention here...Tricky offence in my view and being charged with years ago...the Wording INTENT in that offence needs a good looking at.
Are temporarily traffic lights under the same rules
if you get a ban after getting 12 points do the points remain when you reapply for new license after the ban?
Garrow comes to mind when I listen to this lawyer.
I get mixed up between him and Ashley neal sometimes
OK got it, don't accrue 12 points as you'll get a ban unless you are a celebrity or other rich person who can make up some spurious excuse & have it argued by a very expensive lawyer.