Hefty fine follows other incidents in Grimsby which saw riders ordered to pay £500, and in one case £1,150, the council's enforcement officers having previously been accused of targeting the "old and slow" and cyclists "they can get away with"
  • br3d@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Most motorists are speeding at any given moment. Interesting how the same rules don’t apply there, isn’t it?

  • Rob@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    In June of last year four separate cyclists, ranging in age from 31 to 65, were found guilty of breaching the PSPO, with all four being fined £220 and ordered to pay almost £300 in costs, before a month later Lauren Cullum was ordered to pay £1,150.

    In contrast, in the same week at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court, Paul Berry pleaded guilty to driving at 50mph on a 40mph road. He was disqualified from driving for seven days, fined £60, and ordered to pay a victim services surcharge of £16.

    🤦‍♂️

  • DMCMNFIBFFF@feddit.ukEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Barrie Enderby, 82, told North East Lincolnshire Council he would “rather go to prison than give them £100” and that they could “stick it up your a*se”, after he was fined for breaching the PSPO.

    Maybe he could sue them for discrimination against the old and/or infirmed.