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news
Police tell M25 cyclist: It's not a velodrome
Police in Hertffordshire yesterday told a cyclist that the M25 motorway is not a velodrome - as they accompanied him offf the busy route for his own safety.
The police found the man, riding a black and green road bike, at around 2pm on Sunday afternoon near Watford.
The interception was revealed in a tweet from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit.
The M25 is not Hertfordshire's new velodrome. Stopped near Watford,escorted off and reported. 411810 pic.twitter.com/avMPV36Nyr
— BCH Road Policing (@roadpoliceBCH) February 5, 2017
Cyclists are banned from mtorways in the UK, although despite prominent signs at junctions warning them not to take the slip road onto one.
Whether due to failure to understand signs, blindly following GPS directions or through a deliberate decision to ignore the law, riders do often end up on the busy routes.
Examples from last year include a 12-year-old boy from Eccles being found by police riding along the M60, and a family of four, believed to be from abroad, escorted from the A74(M) at Beattock in south west Scotland.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Looking at it from the EU side, I can't help but be amazed at the extent to which public life in the UK has become 'weaponized', with cyclists...
I used to live in Japan and over there most larger sized items have an end of life recycling charge (admittedly not bike tires though). Most people...
A politician who says what he thinks will get him votes but does nothing to change regular peoples lives for the better? I don't believe that can...
Yup, HE are responsible for making several junctions in South Glos, where I used to live, much, much more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians;...
Six of one, half a dozen of the other, for me. Crap positioning by the police officer, impatience on the part of the lorry driver....
Unforgiveable dangerous driving; was it reported? The registration is clearly visible, so I hope it was.
Nul points for me on this story, I guess....
and presumably why should they have tax, insurance and MOT? - them's for toffs...
It will show how far away he was from the pinch point you say was in play.
Personal anecdote?