Runners on pushbikes

[Motoracer]

To the Po-leess people out there. How much of a serious offence is it to do a runner on a push bike. If you do a runner and get caught, how much shit could you get into?

e.g. If you aren't wearing a helmet and the cops ask you to stop and you run, then get caught somehow after a bit of a chase.

Cheers!

[White trash]

Loosebruce is an authority on this and all queries should be directed to him.

Him and Driftin used to go looking for checkpoints to wheelie their treadlys through at walking pace. Cool cunts

[Motoracer]

Loosebruce is an authority on this and all queries should be directed to him.

Him and Driftin used to go looking for checkpoints to wheelie their treadlys through at walking pace. Cool cunts

Who do you think I got the idea from?!

Wait till his arm is all better, then we'll go on some mean urban rides on the MTBs with wheelies all the way!

The question is still a non-piss take one though. I would like to know how much shit you can get into, IF you get caught.

[spudchucka]

Read through the following. You will see that a bicycle is a "vehicle" and the rider of a bicycle is a "driver" in the interpretation of the Act.

Section 114 gives the power to stop vehicles and the power to arrest for non compliance with the requirements of the Act.

It would be pretty silly to end up in Court charged with failing to stop just for the sake of playing a gag on the cops

"Driver'', in relation to a vehicle, includes the rider of the motor cycle or moped or bicycle; and ``drive'' has a corresponding meaning:

"Vehicle''—


(a)Means a contrivance equipped with wheels, tracks, or revolving runners on which it moves or is moved; and


(b)Includes a hovercraft, a skateboard, in-line skates, and roller skates; but


(c)Does not include—


(i)A perambulator or pushchair:


(ii)A shopping or sporting trundler not propelled by mechanical power:


(iii)A wheelbarrow or hand-trolley:


(iv)A child's toy, including a tricycle and a bicycle, provided, in either case, no road wheel (including a tyre) has a diameter exceeding 355 mm:


(v)A pedestrian-controlled lawnmower:


(vi)A pedestrian-controlled agricultural machine not propelled by mechanical power:


(vii)An article of furniture:


(viii)An invalid wheel-chair not propelled by mechanical power:


(ix)Any other contrivance specified by the rules not to be a vehicle for the purposes of this definition:

114.Power to require driver to stop and give name and address, etc—




(1)An enforcement officer who is in uniform, or wearing a distinctive cap, hat, or helmet, with a badge of authority affixed to it, may signal or request the driver of a vehicle to stop the vehicle as soon as is practicable.


(2)An enforcement officer in a vehicle following another vehicle may, by displaying flashing blue, or blue and red, lights or sounding a siren, require the driver of the other vehicle to stop.


(3)An enforcement officer may require the driver of a vehicle that is stopped under this Act to—


(a)Remain stopped for as long as is reasonably necessary for an enforcement officer to obtain the particulars referred to in paragraph (b), or to complete the exercise of any other power conferred on an enforcement officer by this Act; and


(b)On demand by an enforcement officer,—


(i)Give his or her name and address and date of birth, or such of those particulars as the enforcement officer may specify; and


(ii)State whether or not he or she is the owner of the vehicle; and


(iii)If the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, give the name and address of the owner or such particulars within the driver's knowledge as may lead to the identification of the owner.


(4)The driver of a vehicle that is stopped under subsection (2) is not obliged to remain stopped if the vehicle with flashing lights and siren does not itself stop in the near vicinity of the place where the driver has stopped.


(5)An enforcement officer may require a driver to remain stopped on a road for as long as is reasonably necessary to enable the officer to establish the identity of the driver, but not for longer than 15 minutes if the requirement to remain stopped is made under this subsection only.


(6)An enforcement officer may arrest a person without warrant if the officer has good cause to suspect the person of having—


(a)Failed to comply with this section or a signal or request or requirement under this section; or


(b)Given false or misleading information under this section.

[White trash]

There ya go young fellah! Straight from the rule book.

Traslation: Don't be a fucken egg, do as you're told.

[Motoracer]

Cheers for that SC!

That's just what I was after.

[Motoracer]

Traslation: Don't be a fucken egg, do as you're told.

Says a guy doing a standup wheelie on public roads with a cover page photo on a well known mag to proove it!

[Biff]

So you are allowed to do a runner on furniture!?
Cool as poo. I'm fitting my Bird's motor to my sofa this weekend. Wooohooo.

[scumdog]

Oh! You WERE serious and it wasn't a PT. Sorry, would have replied had I known. (Sometimes it's hard to tell it's not a PT despite comments that it's not)

[bikerboy]

Cheers for that SC!

That's just what I was after.

Hindsight is a mavelous thing, eh, MR?

[Two Smoker]

The great thing is that bikes dont have a speed limit... So you can't be done for speeding... But who the hell is going to do you for pulling a wheelie on a MTB....

Damn i need a MTB and to be good at wheelies.... then ill be up for a blast

[erik]

The great thing is that bikes dont have a speed limit...

Are you sure? I assumed the speed limit applied to all vehicles on the road? :spudwhat:

[Two Smoker]

Are you sure? I assumed the speed limit applied to all vehicles on the road? :spudwhat:

Cant quote the exact law, but thats the word from the old man...

[dhunt]

The great thing is that bikes dont have a speed limit... So you can't be done for speeding... But who the hell is going to do you for pulling a wheelie on a MTB....

Damn i need a MTB and to be good at wheelies.... then ill be up for a blast

There's a bulls that did one of cousin's mates for wheeling not that long a go. Cop saw him do the wheel but didn't get him then but saw him later on in the day and gave him a ticket. But that is very very pickey so stay away from him.

Edit: This was on a pushbike not a motorbike.

[ajturbo]

ok... you ride a push bike..... you get pulled over for no helmit.(the cops seam to have forgotten around here that it is a rule... and a money grabbing charge) you are asked for name ..etc... you say Joe blogs..(or any other name and wrong address) you get off the fine...(bill sent to wrong address! )as you don't need id on the streets..YET.

my mate did it a bit differently... he told wrong name.right address...... no-one here by that name..!! sent all bills back to sender.. after 4th one we heard no more!