Man of Honour
Yeah she probably misunderstood the situation I found a relatively updated link on it. So unless you are doing something stupid while they are there you won't get a fine for not wearing a helmet.
http://www.lbc.co.uk/police-catching-cyclists-who-break-the-law-81518
Yeah, sounds about right.
Though one of the quotes is pretty ridiculous. Admittedly they broke it up to make it sound more unreasonable but...
"If you're going to cycle in London, wear a helmet, wear high-vis, make sure your bike has the right lights, don't wear headphones and obey the rules of the road."
Aside from the last one, none of those are legal requirements (assuming riding in the day) so why is it suggested that any of those reasons were why cyclists were stopped?
I was stopped once by one of the regular crackdowns they have around here after I pulled on to a pavement to lock up. It was reasonable that the guy told me off for not dismounting immediately but when he tried to mention my headphones I just stared at him and he dropped it. If people want to preach on about something then make it a law - don't have some woolly "suggestion" that you then whine at cyclists about when they don't follow it as they don't have to.
/endrant
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