In this case, you weren't able to pass a car on the left, which is
pretty common in London. There are two correct things to do in this
case, either stop and wait behind that car, or go through the traffic
and pass the car on the right. Often in a jam it's best to pass the
cars on the right anyway, as then you don't have to worry about them
pulling left into you without checking their mirrors (drivers usually
check mirrors when turning right, cos they might hit another car).

But yeah, you know what the right thing is to do, you chose to take a
risk and do the wrong thing, and were unlucky enough to get caught, so
really you should pay up.

It's a coker after all, even for a unicyclist, having a coker riding at
you is pretty intimidating, for a typical pedestrian, having a coker
rider coming towards you with a 4 foot tall uncontrollable machine
beneath them is gonna be pretty intimidating.

The only thing you could possibly achieve by arguing it in court would
be to get unicycles classed as not being a cycle, meaning that riding
it on the road would be obstruction, and you'd have to get out of the
way of cars all the time, same as rollerbladers etc. are supposed to,
which could basically destroy cokering in this country. Which would be
a bummer. You'd also risk it going the other way and being an expensive
waste of time for you (although it'd be great news for all the other
unicyclists out there if we were classified as bikes).

Joe


--
joemarshall

my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44
------------------------------------------------------------------------
joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/61524


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com