Caught riding on pavement?

guanchi · L Plate Warrior Joined: 27 Apr 2016 Karma :

Hi there!!
I have been reading this forum for a while but never managed to register.
Yeaterday I was going back home after work and found that the road I always take to get home was closed by the Police (I think there was a car accident or something)..
I found another way to get home but at some point I rode on the footpath to get to the main street. Today I passed by this road again and realised that is there is a camera (not sure if it's a traffic camera or a safety camera as it is in a residential area) so I might have caught when crossing the footpath.
Does anyone know what type of penalty I could potentially get?
I know, I should have done it, I am stupid!!
Cheers

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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

I got fined £30 in about 1988 for the same. I realise that it is of no use at all but so is worrying about something that probably won't happen.
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NJD · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Mar 2015 Karma :

Hi,

I hereby submit a formal request to see a google map link to the footpath that you rode your motorcycle on alongside a google map link to the location of this camera.

It would greatly help our investigations into this matter that you admit taking part in that we had no idea about. I am, however, on my night shift at the moment and a big greasy kebab would greatly soften my mood.

Look forwarding to hearing from you.

Many thanks,
PC Plod

guanchi · L Plate Warrior Joined: 27 Apr 2016 Karma :

Thanks for your responses guys!

Why do you think nothing will happen?? I thought these things were enforced a lot in the UK.

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for riding on a pavement

I'd imagine they will hang draw and quarter you.
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

It's exactly the same "offence" as riding a bicycle, or driving or even parking a car on a footway/pavement. The most you're likely to get is a £100 FPN. I don't believe it's endorsable as a specific offence.
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I got a £60 fine for this about 5 years ago.

Whatever.
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Sure, Glasgow pedal-coppers can be seen treating the whole city centre footways as "shared use".

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Riding on the footway COULD be used as a basis for a S59. If they were feeling in a bad mood.

Get off the bike and push it across the footway next time. If you're pushing it, you're a pedestrian.

I used to quite regularly push my bike through a 10 yard stretch of one-way system.
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Petemate · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Nov 2015 Karma :

Years ago when I was despatching on bank runs, I was once told by a policeman that it is legal to ride on a footpath providing 1) you ride at 90 degrees to the path and 2) you are proceeding from the road directly to an authorised parking area for motorcycles. This, I fear, would not be a defence for anyone caught riding ALONG a path........
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Pjay · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Jan 2016 Karma :

I've lived in London for most of my life and have seen many people use pavements to ride on. The main culprits would be pizza delivery peds, they can be seen riding along the pavement from a dropped kerb to the front of the pizza shop, in full view of traffic cameras. Then you also have the times when they will ride into pedestrian zones in housing estates, to pull up outside the main door to the block they are delivering to.

I suppose it all depends on where you live, I have a friend that lives near Old St and always see people there riding along paths. There are a few blocks of flats there and parking bays that are more easily accessible by cutting along a path than riding around the old st one way system to get to.

I'm sure none of these guys get tickets, even though the place is well covered by council/police cameras, as they have been doing it for years.

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How on earth did they figure that as a CU20? What were the circumstances? Do you recall what actual offence was on the FPN blackmail offer?
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