You must NOT carry more than one passenger, who MUST sit in an appropriate seat on the machine. You should point forward with both feet on the footrests. You may NOT carry a passenger unless your motorcycle is designed to do so. Provisional licence holders are NOT permitted to transport weapons. What`s interesting is that Australians have a number of offences in terms of actual driving and sitting when riding a motorcycle, whereas in the UK our only references/offences are for pillion. The law here states that only one passenger sits on the bike and uses footrests, which would severely restrict machine owners in some countries carrying the whole family and a few bags of rice at a time! You can legally filter into a hatched area lined with broken lines. However, Rule 130 of the Highway Code is less clear on the legality of owning and riding a Montesa Cota Trials bicycle that is legal for the road. which was designed to be mounted on all obstacles in a standing position, I got used to being crushed. For the most part, the police were really curious and a bit suspicious. I`ve always said it`s good that they care about them and it`s good that they`re vigilant and can stop someone if they steal my bike.
I quickly took a sitting position (very low) on the road to avoid clumsiness, but I remain much more comfortable and controlled when standing at low speeds. I was very tempted to drive directly on the car in front. Knowing that I . But that was never the case. Sometimes, however, you may encounter a four-wheeled Neanderthal who isn`t quite up to date with the laws surrounding filtering. So it`s worth making sure you`re up to date yourself and where you can filter and where you can`t. The officer then asked the usual questions and said he noticed that I was standing on the stakes and that it was dangerous because the motorcycle was not fully controlled. I tried to explain that it was under control because he had seen me steering, changing gears and changing gears, everything was safe and the bike was designed for that. As someone who has just completed the MSF course, I can tell you that standing on the stakes to overcome obstacles is part of the programme. You can really embarrass the policeman in court if you read this part of the MSF manual and say that if standing is taught as part of the state-approved driving course, it cannot be considered reckless. Hi Tom. I wonder why each off-road rider represents slow and technical sections on the stakes? From a biomechanical point of view, standing on a bike like yours or mine increases stability at low speeds.
Sure, getting up at a fast speed of 70 miles an hour isn`t a good idea, but if you`re used to standing on stakes like I did, it doesn`t make anything more dangerous. All you do to exceed the speed thresholds is increase your suspension by letting your legs absorb the movement up and down. I don`t bother to defend the speed bumps on the KTM 1290 SA because the sophisticated suspension absorbs bumps, but, let`s say, if I noticed that there was a big hole in the road, I would absolutely stand up, so compared to the officer, who is undoubtedly a highly qualified road rider. I think he is talking nonsense about that. I will continue to stand on the issues as I see fit. When I was filtering through London traffic, I could orient a little more by weighing the pens, but I wouldn`t because I would look a bit like a clown. The problem is that, when a copper has a bee in its hood, it is easier to eat a humble cake than to take the lottery of a letter and a trip to the beak. I would defend my point of view and invite the officer to write to me, but the Court is my operating environment and I would not send myself a fee bill so that I could be a little more enthusiastic. I got up in the street to get air through my suit or absorb potholes in hot weather. I wouldn`t do it on an R1 or touring bike, and you`ll quickly know if the geometry of your frame is wrong to keep you on your ankles. The police enforce the law, they are not lawyers and often do something wrong.
The problem is that they carry a lot of weight in front of the judges, and in order for you to fight, you need expert evidence. The officer, who had no experience with motorcycles, had a terrible time cross-examined. I read the testimony of a world-class enduro rider about the safety of standing. The judges insulted the officer for wasting everyone`s time and awarded my client his full defence costs. However, that was in the days when judges could award the full cost of a defense, and if you successfully defended a trial, you wouldn`t end up out of your pocket. I also have a road approved GasGas test bike that has a seat, turn signals and lights. I can sit on it, but I look like a gorilla on a roller skate. I ride it so rarely on the road, I have never attracted the attention of the police, but like you, I am sometimes approached by local roads and rural police, especially on my 350cc Enduro, usually just to tell me that motorcycles like mine are attacked by thieves. I`ve never been asked to provide documents or have a MoT on the side of the road, but since I`m a reasonable guy, I think my bike is on the road. I`m sure a very unofficial traffic official might find a violation of C&U regulations, but unless you have a license plate or a loud whistle, Hertfordshire, Thames Valley and Northamptonshire Constabulary tend to leave me alone – and having driven a lot to Wales, I have never been “pulled” on green paths.
I`ve spoken to a few officers on ATVs, sometimes off-road motorcycles, and more often 4×4 trucks or Land Rovers, but never anything official. Probably good for resisting the temptation to drive on the hood of a car. Fortunately, most motorists in the UK now know that motorcycle screening is completely legal. You have probably seen a police motorcyclist do this and you have realized that there is only one law that applies to all of us. I have a Triumph Tiger 1200 Explorer XCa. A few weeks ago, I was driving in a typical British summer climate with sunshine and showers. I was wearing a full textile jacket and decided to stand on my ankles to circulate some air through the suit to cool off. Note that in the first sentence, they use “shouldn`t” instead of “absolutely not, buddy.” When “cannot” is used, a rule becomes legally enforceable. For a single driver here in the UK, an officer would have to resort to the offence of “not being in the right control”, which would be quite difficult unless the driver did something outrageous, such as standing on the seat or tank, and “surfing”, as stuntmen often do at shows on private land.
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