article_snippet: Cycling groups criticised the officer
article_snippet: Cyclists are told in section 64 of the Highway Code
article_snippet: that 'you must not cycle on a pavement' - which is backed up in law by section 72 of the Highway Act 1835.
article_snippet: The penalty for cycling on the pavement is a fixed penalty notice of £30 under section 51 and schedule 3 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
article_snippet: Last year cycling minister Robert Goodwill told police that cyclists should not be fined for mounting the pavement to avoid dangerous stretches of road.
article_snippet: cycling minister Robert Goodwill urged police to remember official guidelines from 1999 which state that fines are not aimed at those using pavements out of ‘fear of traffic’, provided those using pavements out of ‘fear of traffic’ show consideration for pedestrians.