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

  1. ^ Officers were called (www.dailyecho.co.uk)
  2. ^ M27 slip road closed after lorry crash leads to 300-litre diesel spillage (www.dailyecho.co.uk)
  3. ^ Southampton (www.dailyecho.co.uk)