Legality of riding with a cast on arm?!

[DottyDuck]

Hello BCFers,
long story short, my left wrist has been in and out of a cast for about a month now. It will remain in a cast for another 2 weeks (give or take a few days) and while the cast has been off I am able to use the clutch and ride safely. It is now back in a cast, this one to be exact!:

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So if I can operate a bike safely does that mean I am ok to ride?




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[Clanger]

I'd say, give it a go...if you can do it fine. If anyone stops you and tells you otherwise, blame me.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

You'll be fine until you crash into someone.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

I rode in a cast. I even heard of people using mole-grips on the throttle and pushing that because they couldn't twist their wrist...
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[Pol Anorl]

probably illegal tbh, wouldnt go down well if you did crash
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[Pol Anorl]

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[baldy]

Get one on the other arm and call them gloves. Job done.
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[Ste]

If you can fully control the vehicle (be it a bike, car, van, bus or goat) then you're fine.

Ask your consultant or GP.

[andyscooter]

Op is now off to the dpc to ask how to control a goat


Well done ste
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[Ste]

Glad I could help.

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[Nobby the Bastard]

I would work on this principle.

Get hold of a push bike. Ride it off a kerb. Jump it back over the kerb (properly.)

If you can do this without putting your feet down AND without screaming in pain, you can ride a motorbike safely.
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[temeluchus]

As long as you are in control of the vehicle it's fine as far as I know.
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[stinkwheel]

They totally flipped out at the fracture clinic when I rode my bike in for a checkup with a pot-wrist.

If you're stopped they will probably ask if you think you're in full control of the vehicle like that, to which you answer an unequivocal "Yes. Absolutely."

An outright, straight-faced and immediate denial of any wrongdoing confuses the hell out of most coppers. They are waiting for you to stutter, stammer and appologise.
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[chickenstrip]

What is the cast on there to do?

I have ridden with a cast on my right wrist/lower forearm with no problems, but had to weaken the loop around my thumb to have proper control. But the cast was on to immobilise the wrist and thumb in order to allow proper healing of a cracked scaphoid - so it wasn't really a bright idea on my part. I was fortunate in that I got away with it without causing any further issues to the injury, but maybe you need to consider this?

Couldn't get a proper glove over it, I just used a thin inner glove for a while, when it wasn't too cold for that.

[G]

My consultant said I was ok to ride a bike and drive an automatic car (using left lef) while I had my dodgy right leg - no cast, so it wasn't obvious.

Wanted that back up just in case something happened.