Standing on Pegs- on UK Roads

[alpslapper]

Didn't know the bit about pillions .

You make poor Caitlin stand on the pegs

You cruel cruel mama

[Sharribee]

You make poor Caitlin stand on the pegs

You cruel cruel mama

yeah, so what's your point

[Graeme C]

A frequently crossed junction near me has an annoying hedge, standing up confirms if its safe and I do it every time , but fairly slow speeds. However I would give it a miss and just go even slower if there was any police about , just to avoid any aggro. Although I would argue the place / position etc it is far safer to have a look. I am not goig to be the one to test the situation. I would like to see what the police bike guys would do though?

[YEN_POWELL]

Print these pictures out and carry them with your licence in case you get caught up on the pegs.

[pete h]

Pete H- thanks for the reply- have you ever heard/got work related evidence of people getting sumonsed for this particular offence of "driving wthout.." ie specifically on the pegs.

Not in 22 years Rod, but riders popping wheelies on public roads whilst standing on the pegs and attempting some sort of Rossi-esque leg crossing stunt was quite common about five years ago, that's the closest thing to it.

GRAEME C - A frequently crossed junction near me has an annoying hedge, standing up confirms if its safe and I do it every time , but fairly slow speeds.

Graeme, that sounds like an entirely acceptable use of your height advantage to ensure your own safety, given that the manoeuver is executed at low speed, and is for a reasonable purpose, then as long as you are in full control of the motorcycle at all times, there wouldn't be an issue as far as I'm concerned.

When police riders are undergoing training one of the paramount rules that's drummed in at every opportunity is never sacrifice safety for position. We'll spend days on end going over how the system dictates your correct position for bends, overtakes etc, but that always takes second place to safety, so if it improves your safety to take a view over a hedge then do it as long as that doesn't compromise you in some other way. We probably wouldn't expect to see riders out of the saddle on an advanced course, but then we're not on adventure trailies, and we have an image to keep up with the public.

[alpslapper]

Print these pictures out and carry them with your licence in case you get caught up on the pegs.

Lol. Brillant stuff

[pdsquire]

have you ever heard/got work related evidence of people getting sumonsed for this particular offence of "driving without.." ie specifically on the pegs.

No hits on the leading legal database which implies it's never come up in the Court of Appeal.

It's got to have happened, but only where it was silly at the time and in my experience trailie riders are generally sensible folk who stand only when they have to.

[moon]

I often stand on the pegs on the road, usually going through villages, to rest my a*se... never been pulled for it here but I have heard of it hapenning. The (probably apocryphal) story is that a group of trail bikes on a ride organised by Corroy Motors (Vesoul) were pulled by the gendarmes because a number of them were on the pegs. Their argument was that the rider can't be in full control standing on the pegs. The first person's details they took down was called Joel Corroy (french trials champion in the late 60's early 70's). The second person's name was Stephan Peterhansel...

[Bonzo]

Is there a difference between riding off the seat on a motorbike to riding off the seat on on a bicycle?

I don't see cyclist being pulled over for it. They'd never complete the 'Tour de France' or UK equivalent if that were the case.

I do it all the time on my motorbikes, some times to get a better view (safety thing) and sometimes to stretch the legs or relieve the the pain in the a*se(medical thing).

So I guess I'll just carry on until I have my day in court (with helpful photos from above).