Silas Denyer wrote:

Most road traffic laws are applied reasonably even handedly. I have
actually been stopped for speeding on my bicycle, for instance, but
never in my car.

In that case, unless you were in Richmond Park at the time, you were
wrongly stopped. Royal Parks excepted, the laws which set out the
offence of speeding relate only to motor vehicles. You cannot break the
speed limit on a bicycle.

Tony

"Tony Raven" wrote in message
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Silas Denyer wrote:

I have actually been stopped for speeding on my bicycle.

You cannot break the speed limit on a bicycle.

However, you can be busted for cycling "furiously".

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