Bicycle Licencing AGAIN

[Dr Engelbert Bu]

Joe wrote:

> As for Court Punching in Information to "DMV" (Department of 'Motor' Vehicles), for what purpose
> since you were not operating a 'Motor' vehicle and you have not committed a 'Motor' Vehicle
> violation. The court has no more reason to feed it to DMV for the biker then it would for the
> dog walker.

Again this is an issue of local law. Here in Germany traffic offences commited by a cyclist may
result in his car licence being revoked. Usually this is for serious things only (which go to court,
rather than just a fine issued by the officer). For example you can loose your licence for drunk
riding. It is assumed that if you ride a bike in traffic while drunk, you are not a reliable enough
person to have a drivers licence. Not unreasonable, IMHO.

 

[Dennis P. Harri]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:51:07 GMT in rec.bicycles.soc, [email protected] (Scott Eiler) wrote:

> I suspect that if you don't, they're not really valid ID. And I've had a chance to find out; that
> story ends with a cop saying, "Well, here in Iowa, when we ask for ID, we mean your driver's
> license."

and if someone doesn't have a driver's license? the cop was just plain ignorant. a passport is far
better ID than a driver's license.