practicing knee down on a a roundabout, Illegal?

[Blackrandomap...]

I wanna get out and practice getting my knee down, Looking on youtube everyone is using round-a-bouts, Even MCN.

Is this illegal?
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[Chalky.]

Not specifically illegal, but if the police caught you, I reckon there's a very slim chance you could be done for dangerous driving, driving without due care etc, more likely asked to move on.

Just move between a few roundabouts

[Blackrandomap...]

what about the speed? on youtube there doing 30-35mph.
I gather the speed is the same as the road the round a bout is on?
This looks like fun, im gunna go find a big one!
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[Chalky.]

[Blackrandomap...]

Yeh, could be pretty dangerous, Nice quite location late evening should be ok.
Think i could pick up the skill fairly quickly
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[salty21]

i used to do it alot, it's harder than you mighnt think to find a decent size roundabout with a good surface and minimal traffic.

take a little sweeping brush, you'll thank me later
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[Frost]

You're not allowed to lap a roundabout more than 3 times. Knee down, hanging off is generally treated the same as someone in a car drifting. Police will usually argue you're not in control.

I've done it of course, but i wouldn't do it during the day like i've seen people do. Odds of someone pulling out on you, cutting you up or you ending up under a lorry if you hit an oil patch are all just too high.

[Blackrandomap...]

[lllN30lll]

[dragstaar]

[lllN30lll]

it's also never been proven by the CPS that getting your "Knee down" is classed as being "not in control of a motor vehicle" "dangerous driving" etc.

There's even urban myths about people being warned about being done for "Excessive lean"

[Easter Bunny]

Speaking as someone that lives in the land of roundabouts..........................they all remind me of knobs, annoys the feck outta me when I am actually going somewhere on my bike!
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[salty21]

[lllN30lll]

[rac3r]

Try it on Swindon's 'magic roundabout'

I'm sure you'd start to get a bit dizzy after 3 times going round
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[Easter Bunny]

[Easter Bunny]

careful mind, was reports of car tits drifting on roundabouts by spilling veggie oil over it
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[Blackrandomap...]

[dogbot]

Aust services roundabout. Nice and big, and almost always mostly deserted.

Apparently.

[Slacker24seve...]

Rumour has it the Redditch cloverleaf and the St John's bypass in Worcester are pretty ace. I wouldn't know though
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[Nick__C]

Surely the cps would have to prove you weren't in control of the bike rather than you having to prove that you were?
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[JamesE90]

Make sure you're not near any houses, an old boy took my numberplate while I was lapping a roundabout near his house. Apparently you can get an ASBO if you're causing a nuisance by doing it.

[lllN30lll]

[cornish]

when i first started riding i went to roundabouts in the evenings on quiet roads.

Then i had the infinitely better idea of going to a nearby industrial estate after dark and using theirs. No eejits in cars to worry about and you get to go round the wrong way to practice on both sides. Bargain!
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