"Why pick on a lone female cyclist?" Cyclist slapped with £100 fine – for riding on a cycle path road.cc - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from road.cc Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The council unanimously voted against extending the Public Spaces Protection Order as "people should be allowed to cycle responsibly" and it is "a small minority who cause problems", the councillor claiming it is a green light for a "free-for-all"
The cyclist has pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive, and insulting behaviour during the incident, which his lawyer said was “most out of character” for him
The police force has now called upon the council to extend the pedestrianisation rules to also prohibit cycling through the town centre "For me, it is a pedestrianised area of town, and it is really dangerous to be riding straight through there". Read more of the comments as one police force has asked the council to bring in a ban on cycling in the town centre.