Legal Hints + Tips: Wheelies
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2020
- We've teamed-up with the gurus at White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors to bring you FREE legal advice every month, and the most commonly asked question was regarding wheelies. Does size matter? Is there a grey area? Or will you just get busted, big-time?
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I’ve been through the wheelie punishment. Went from a cbr400rr to a zx10r. Gave it too much throttle off the lights, without realising behind me were undercover traffic police. Day in court, plus a chat with the traffic commissioner due to being a professional driver. Lost my hgv, car, bike licence, lost my job, lost my home as no income ended up back at my parents, extended retest and the highest insurance bills since I was 17. Keep the front down guys!
'I'm not sure Touratech do one' - brilliant.
hell of a legal professional right there that managed to keep a straight face through that last bit
Ah. Lucky I can't wheelie then.
You boys are on fire! The content has always been on point, but you're really putting network shows to shame now. I cannot overstate how loyal my support to you guys is!
Gotta love our "free" society... I'd never been in trouble with the law until I got a motorbike and now every time I ride it I feel like a criminal because that's what they've made us out to be.
It's so very different in the US. Sometimes cops will even encourage a wheelie if they're bored.
Blimey didn't realise it was an instant ban ☹ So to confirm they have to be 80 metres or more to be dangerous driving?
Jesus! That's so harsh.. I do feel like UK cops are grumpier than Swedish. I have been pulled over for doing a highway wheelie in sweden and was told that if you are in controll (empty road) it's not ilegal, (but was told to do it on the track). Glad I got it on video too..
“Oi! You got a loicense for that wheelie, chum?!”
Honestly the fuse blew on my Wheelie control guv.
what is the legality with getting your knee down on the public road?
The only wheelie I ever managed to pull was an accident; test riding a KTM SM990 with my girlfriend on the back. I took off from a set of traffic lights with a handful of throttle and the front wheel went sky high! Gave me a hell of a fright. We were lucky I didn’t flip the bike, as I wasn’t covering the rear brake to safely bring her back down to terra firms. So yeah, those unexpected wheelies can happen.
This was wheelie helpful, thanks.
A wheelie story: Back in the day...out for an evening ride with some friends. everyone was learning to hoist the front wheel. We end up on the front row waiting for the red light to change. Light changes, I run out first gear a little and clutch up a wheelie, best one to date, holding it at about 10 o'clock and ripping down a 4 lane avenue in town. A cop passes by in opposite direction, and I'm like, oh shite, I drop the front wheel look in the mirror and the blue lights are flashing and he's turning around. I thought about running as there was a familiar highway entrance down the road. But there was just to much congestion to reasonably safely go in to a "drop the hammer" all out escape mode. So instead, I slowed down pulled into the right lane and wait for him to catch up. He did, I explained that the clutch slipped and front launched skyward. I think he knew I was full of shite, but appreciated that I did not run and make everybody's live complicated. So, he writes me up for failing to exercise due care, the lesser offence. We complete our business and as I continue on my way I pass a donut shop about a 1/2 mile down the road and there are literally a dozen cop cars in the parking lot. I thought holy crap, if I had run and the cop got on the radio, all of these guys would have been after me, damn.
Wow, ignorance was bliss! Perhaps you can offer a wheelies anonymous support group?
My best legal tip would be, sit the front-end gently down and keep the throttle tight AF for 5 to 10 minutes - 50% chance of no legal worries.
Caught by some nobber in a vans dash cam doing a wheelie, didn’t have to attend court just got 3 points and £100 fine for undue care and attention 😂
Great advice guys stick to private property with permission then wheelie for days