M27 cyclist: Police charge man over motorway bike riding
Christopher Aymer, 28, of Hopkins Close in Bournemouth, has been charged with using excluded traffic on a motorway and obstructing an officer.
Officers were called[1] to the motorway near Cadnam on Tuesday.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a cyclist on the eastbound carriageway near Junction 1.
In a tweet, a spokesperson from Hampshire Roads Policing Unit said the cyclist “refused details and wanted to argue the law regarding pedal cycles use of the motorway”.
The team posted dash-cam photo of the man cycling on the hard shoulder.
Aymer will appear at Southampton[3] Magistrates Court on August 24.
References
- ^ Officers were called (www.dailyecho.co.uk)
- ^ M27 slip road closed after lorry crash leads to 300-litre diesel spillage (www.dailyecho.co.uk)
- ^ Southampton (www.dailyecho.co.uk)