[MELB] Another Police Crackdown

[bumnut]

There was an interesting program on RRRfm earlier this year about bike laws, the guest “bike info guy” (can’t remember his name) said you can’t loose demerit points from your car licence from bicycle infringements. If you are issued demerit points I suggest you take action to get to get your points back.

[system]

@diddy

@rolly

wow

glad the cops that pulled me and my mate over for running a red at 2am last saturday morning let us off with a warning!!! $292!!!

the one time i run a red too…

ps - does anyone know the story with losing points from your car/motorbike licence if you break the rules on a bicycle? would i have lost points had the police not been so nice?

cheers

R

I got a fine for running a red last year – $220 then. But I didn’t lose any points on my driver’s license.

I was a bit pissed because it was running one of the pedestrian crossing red lights on Royal Pde next to Melb Uni – it is not even an intersection. I actually stopped for the pedestrians, then went through when it was clear. Got chased down by the bicycle cops. They were on Kona MTBs and I was on my roadie – I really really wanted to race them, but thought the better of it.

In any case the fine worked as a good deterrent – haven’t run a red in over a year!

I got done in Sydney the other day for running a t junction red on my roadie… I was doing about 50 down a big hill
the fine was $56 as all the fines for bike offences are here in ‘sunny’ Sydney
hasn’t put me off doing it but I’ll have a much better look around next time…
If I wasn’t hawlling ass through em I don’t think he would have cared
sydney cops are not interested in bikes at all

[Jr_Dacks]

Got done for no helmet the other day, i usually always wear it but it got wet in the rain and i just had to pop round the corner so didnt wear it.

ended up getting tipsy with some friends then turned left at a red set of lights and apparently there was a cop there.
Get pulled up a few meters down the road, didnt bother trying to do a runner and they kinda let me off cause they could have done me for the red, no lights and no helmet and let me pick one.
The bitch cop smashed her door into my front wheel tho :x

[kerbang]

@sugarkane

hasn’t put me off doing it but I’ll have a much better look around next time…

Don’t admit it!

[iwearmoccos]

I rode bmx tonight with the first person to get a new helmet fine!
He is wearing a skavenger tshirt and carrying a camera bag in that clip above.
He said he rode straight through the press release deal at fed square without knowing until it was too late.
Poor bloke.

[hotdoghorny]

@sugarkane

sydney cops are not interested in bikes at all

yet you got fined.

[horatio]

@mckenny

@sugarkane

sydney cops are not interested in bikes at all

yet you got fined.

lol

[kingsville]

@bumnut

There was an interesting program on RRRfm earlier this year about bike laws, the guest “bike info guy” (can’t remember his name) said you can’t loose demerit points from your car licence from bicycle infringements. If you are issued demerit points I suggest you take action to get to get your points back.

$584 fine and 3 demerit points - that’s what the paperwork said.

Given I don’t tend to lose points when driving they are a non-issue for me. The dollars are a different matter…

[LAM]

yeah, it doesn’t make sense for cyclists to lose demerit points, as a larger proportion of them are without car licenses anyway, and i’ve never heard of people losing demerit points before. though i think drink riding may be a different matter, but that whole issue is much debated anywy.

[The_JAMS]

pretty sure that bike fines have no bearing on your driver’s license.
but just to be sure, i don’t have one