What is the british law of pushing a motorbike on a footpath?

Question

looking to pick a bike up a few miles down the road going to just push it back home but not sure on the law

Answer 1

if you have insurance you can

Answer 2

it can be very funny depending on the force i wud ask them cos they cud turn round and say its on a public footpath with no insurance check with the local cop shop save the fine later

Answer 3

push away.

(possibly still need to be taxed)

Answer 4

wow you are going to push it a few miles.

not sure i have pushed mine half way across london before and wasnt stopped by any authorities maybe i didnt come across any. my push was half between pavements and roads.

Answer 5

Hi Paul

If you are pushing a motor bike, not riding it (sitting on or astride it) with the engine off, then no problem at all, whether you on a pavemnt or road, this all chnages when you sit on it or astride it, as your incharge of it then and if it free wheels down a hill  in a public place or road, for example you will need the normal doc's.

Hope this helps... if you doubt.. contact your local police station they will tell you the same.

good luck.

Answer 6

Yeah i think thats fine, if you get stopped just say you just bought this and will be ordering the tax etc when you get home hence im not driveing it.

Answer 7

it has 2 b at least 6inch off the ground

Answer 8

ride like the wind... just dont get caught

Answer 9

technically,you are allowed 1-1/2 turns of the wheel.this is enough to get you on and off the path with out parking.the motorcycle must also be taxed insured and mot,d.The police would probably ignore you pushing your bike on the pavement,as common seance dictates that its safer than on the road. The offence how ever ,I believe is under section 19 of the road traffics act.Not 100% sure.But its either with obstruction of the public highway,or the erea that covers driving and the restriction of use on common land.cant remember exactly but it cost me £25 about 30 years ago.

Answer 10

If it is a motorbike, it has to be taxed and insured to be on public highway which the footpath is. You will also need a licence to cover whatever engine size bike it is as you will be the person in control of that vehicle.

Running or not the answer is the same, remove a car engine and its still a car. same goes for a motorbike.

Answer 11

You are supposed to carry it!

Answer 12

I think if you're pushing it along you should be fine. As you're not riding it on the pavement. Woudn't it make more sense to have it delivered? Or pick it up with a car?

Basically anything that can be taxed and is over certain speed should be ridden on roads not pavements, footpaths of any kind.

motorised wheelchair are exempt from these rules and can be ridden of pavements.

Some mopeds or gopeds or so on can reach up 40mph speed and will if ridden unsafely will be seized by police and points can be taken off years before the under 16 (If and under 16 is riding it) can be taken off. If you are seen doing this you maybe reported by members of the public.

Riders must be 16 or over

Have a license

pay road tax

and insurance

must wear helmet

Comply with the Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 as amended and the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 as amended.

Children riding the go peds should be supervised by aduls at all times and should be taught about road safety, padded clothing and should be taught about the considering safety of others.

Answer 13

you can push a motorbike on the footpath no problem, as long as the engine is not running

Answer 14

there are no laws against this however when i use to push my bikes to the field when i was younger i used to stopped by the police all the time but they just wanted to check it wasnt nicked,

Answer 15

To be pushed on a foot path it must be unable to start and no means to start it...this means it doesn't count as a motorbike and you are OK. If you are jut pushing it on the path cos you aren't covered by insurance to drive it on the road you would be in trouble. You couldn't push it on the road either...but, if you remove the spark plugs and battery, so that it can't start, you would be OK to push it on the path. You can't sit on it or straddle it in either case...you've just got to push it.

Answer 16

It's remarkable the ignorance you see in some of these answers, isn't it?

The law in the U.K. states, that it is an offence to ride, drive or push a motor vehicle of any description, ALONG a pedestrian footway (it is perfectly acceptable to CROSS a pedestrian footway, however).

Even parking a motorcycle on a footpath or pavement is an offence.

Answer 17

It is illegal to do this.