The UK road speed limits are all in motor vehicle legislation that also requires motor vehicles to have speedometers, so bikes are ruled out on both counts.
A police officer has various offences open to his judgement though, such as dangerous riding, so prosecution is still possible with magistrates court rubber stamping of the PCs opinion likely. So wariness is still advisable.
Bye-laws can apply to places like parks, and there are many locations with advisory speed limit signs such as 5 mph which have no force in law. Once again though, in the event of an accident, ignoring such advisory signs could lead to legal consequences with courts accepting opinions of actual speed from witnesses.
In fairness, with 4 mph being a fast walk, virtually anyone is able to determine that someone is travelling at appreciably above 5 mph, so witness evidence is good enough.
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A police officer has various offences open to his judgement though, such as dangerous riding, so prosecution is still possible with magistrates court rubber stamping of the PCs opinion likely. So wariness is still advisable.
Bye-laws can apply to places like parks, and there are many locations with advisory speed limit signs such as 5 mph which have no force in law. Once again though, in the event of an accident, ignoring such advisory signs could lead to legal consequences with courts accepting opinions of actual speed from witnesses.
In fairness, with 4 mph being a fast walk, virtually anyone is able to determine that someone is travelling at appreciably above 5 mph, so witness evidence is good enough.
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