Norfolk Evening News

After Helen's news alert I thought I'd pen a short letter and it seems they
are going to publish it. Better not show my face round Norfolk for a while -
wouldn't stand a chance with the Police, CPS and Courts there if I were to
transgress ;-)

Tony

Dear Sir

While not wishing to comment on the "speeding cyclists" in your
article I do find it worrying that the Norfolk Casualty Reduction
Partnership is uninformed about basic traffic law, comprising as it
does Norfolk County Council Planning & Transportation Department,
Norfolk Constabulary, Norfolk Magistrates Court, The Highways Agency
and Crown Prosecution Service (Norfolk Branch). Mr Bryan Edwards on
behalf of the Partnership says of cycling faster than the speed limit:
"It is a motoring offence and you can be prosecuted under the Road
Traffic Act"

If Mr Edwards would care to peruse the laws on speeding he will find
they apply only to motor vehicles. So while the police may be able to
bring charges of "dangerous cycling" or "cycling furiously" they will
have a hard time making a charge of exceeding the speed limit on a
bicycle stick under the Road Traffic or any other Act

Yours sincerely

Tony Raven