London council back-pedals after issuing cyclist with £100 fine for riding in a cycle lane

Evening Standard

A cyclist who was issued with a £100 on-the-spot fine for riding on a shared walking and cycling path had the penalty cancelled after The Standard intervened.University academic Dr Paulo Ceppi was stopped by a contractor working for Kensington and Chelsea council and given the fixed penalty notice.

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00:00A London council has backpedaled on a £100 fine given to a cyclist riding in a shared walking

00:05and cycle path. When university academic Dr Paolo Chepi cycled in a shared walking path and cycle

00:11lane, he was issued a £100 on-the-spot fine by Kensington and Chelsea Council. Dr Chepi said

00:17the council had used insidious, unjust tactics to trap cyclists in what appeared to be a money-making

00:23exercise. He claims the agent was hidden behind the bushes before catching him by surprise.

00:28The council originally backed the decision when the fine was challenged, however the standard

00:33intervened and raised the issue with Kensington and Chelsea. This led to them cancelling the fine

00:37and saying it was issued in error. The council is now checking if other cyclists have been wrongly

00:42fined, as well as reminding its contractors to not issue fines to cyclists on shared paths.

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