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Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to £10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437

On 6/10/2014 2:03 PM, Ian Field wrote:
Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to £10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437


Looks like maximum fine for "unauthorised cycle racing on public ways"
will increase from £200 to £800. That seems a little harsh. Would it
apply if a friend and I sprint for a city limit sign?

(Well, in my case, maybe not; they probably couldn't tell I was sprinting!)


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- Frank Krygowski

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:41:21 PM UTC+1, Frank Krygowski wrote:

(Well, in my case, maybe not; they probably couldn't tell I was sprinting!)

Only true thing Krygowski ever said, and we had to wait forever for it.

Andre Jute

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:41:21 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 6/10/2014 2:03 PM, Ian Field wrote:
Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to £10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437


Looks like maximum fine for "unauthorised cycle racing on public ways"
will increase from £200 to £800. That seems a little harsh. Would it
apply if a friend and I sprint for a city limit sign?

(Well, in my case, maybe not; they probably couldn't tell I was sprinting!)


Err.... some of them there sickles have motors, you know.
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Cheers,

Jphn B.

eyeyhahahhah with the wind fersure......

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 8:44:56 PM UTC-4, wrote:
eyeyhahahhah with the wind fersure......

....................

YEAH I WUZ READING ON WEALTH SHIFTS INTO ASIA...wealth then trickling down to say burning out the ****ites, setting fire to the airport, raping women celebrating political victory, nd this shot goes onto the highway with hi powered vehicles running willy nilly up and down M1 at 175 mph

and bygad we gonna collect some revenue from the assholes.

The happens here but we're more upper middle class types and not Texas oil fiend owners running stock car empires for want of something more significant for their time and money.. But the effect is noticeable as we close in on Miami, Capital of South America.

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:41:21 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/10/2014 2:03 PM, Ian Field wrote:

Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to �10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437

Looks like maximum fine for "unauthorised cycle racing on public ways"
will increase from �200 to �800. That seems a little harsh. Would it
apply if a friend and I sprint for a city limit sign?

It depends.

snip

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:08:50 -0700 (PDT), Dan O
wrote:

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:41:21 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/10/2014 2:03 PM, Ian Field wrote:

Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to ?10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437

Looks like maximum fine for "unauthorised cycle racing on public ways"
will increase from ?200 to ?800. That seems a little harsh. Would it
apply if a friend and I sprint for a city limit sign?

It depends.

snip

I suspect that the word "cycle" is not intended to refer to Bi-cycles.
More likely to Motor-cycles :-)
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Cheers,

Jphn B.

John B. wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:08:50 -0700 (PDT), Dan O
wrote:

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:41:21 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/10/2014 2:03 PM, Ian Field wrote:

Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to ?10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437

Looks like maximum fine for "unauthorised cycle racing on public ways"
will increase from ?200 to ?800. That seems a little harsh. Would it
apply if a friend and I sprint for a city limit sign?

It depends.

snip

I suspect that the word "cycle" is not intended to refer to Bi-cycles.
More likely to Motor-cycles :-)
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Cheers,


I don't think so. They refer to motorcycles later in the same paragraph.


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duane

On 6/11/2014 6:38 AM, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:08:50 -0700 (PDT), Dan O
wrote:

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:41:21 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/10/2014 2:03 PM, Ian Field wrote:

Move to quadruple motorway speeding fines to ?10,000 branded 'draconian'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-10000-3668437

Looks like maximum fine for "unauthorised cycle racing on public ways"
will increase from ?200 to ?800. That seems a little harsh. Would it
apply if a friend and I sprint for a city limit sign?

It depends.

snip

I suspect that the word "cycle" is not intended to refer to Bi-cycles.
More likely to Motor-cycles :-)

That's possible, but I think it's unlikely. The remainder of the
paragraph specifically mentioned "motorcycles" regarding a separate
offense. I think racing a motorcycle would be legally equivalent to
racing a car, i.e. both legally treated as "motor vehicles."

Here's the full paragraph:

"The new fine structure will see fines for "level one" offences such as
"unauthorised cycle racing on public ways" or being found drunk on a
highway increase from £200 to £800, while people convicted of "level
two" crimes such as riding a motorcycle without a crash helmet or being
drunk in a football ground will see the maximum penalty rise from £500
to £2,000."

IIRC, for a long time even time trialing was considered illegal in Britain.

But I'm not in Britain. Perhaps Phil can comment.

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- Frank Krygowski