Carry a cycle on your car? Get ready to pay Rs. 5,000 fine, say cops

[Shanky]

Hi All,

Read this news yesterday and thought it would be helpful for others

Carrying a cycle on a rack attached to your car without proper RTO permissions might invite fines of up to Rs 5,000.

Sathya Sankaran, who is better known as bicycle mayor of Bengaluru responded by saying,

It’s only recently that I’m hearing of people being fined for carrying cycles on cycle racks attached to cars. We have been carrying bicycles for so many years but we were never fined. Sec 52(1) of Central Motor Vehicles Act 1988 does not specify temporary or permanent attachment. In letter, you can apply it but in spirit the attachment is not an alteration.

https://www.cartoq.com/cycle-rack-car-fine/amp/

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Shanky

[Alex J V]

that is not good news ! 

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[Yateesh Kumar]

It is ironic to see that the same set of people who mock the trucks for goods overhanging, overloading etc are criticizing law enforcement for questioning the similar overhang.

Pic in that article clearly showing overhang (assuming it is the actual pic of fined vehicle). Only shows the user is either lazy or unnecessarily adamant about his case though caught on wrong side.

All that he/she needed to do is flip the two quick release levers on both wheels, remove them and put it inside the car in order to ensure the car body boundary is not violated.

     I think we should ensure compliance at our end first before making this undue issue & blame police. Even in case of absence of rules, one need to apply common sense.

[Abhi Srivastava]

i saw the same post in a mumbai cycling group, a few days ago.  Since bangalore wants to make itself a "cycling friendly city" . This is one step for sure that the cycling community has to speak to whoever is taking forward the "bangalore cycling" project. other wise also come if fines are the case, then share a common document on the group. so that its availiable to all cyclist. when they think they have to use the cycle rack they can take a print out and get it permission for 5 6 days. for an event or a ride. 

[Ankul Shetty]

Overhanging truck is illegal anywhere in the world while cycling racks arent! 

Common sense? 

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[Mayank Rungta]

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[Yateesh Kumar]

Cycle racks aren't. But cycles overhanging from the rack on the sides is illegal anywhere. You should observe the pic carefully to understand what I have indicated.

Regards 

Yateesh 

[itisravi]

On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 10:44:53 AM UTC+5:30 Yathi wrote:

It is ironic to see that the same set of people who mock the trucks for goods overhanging, overloading etc are criticizing law enforcement for questioning the similar overhang.

Pic in that article clearly showing overhang (assuming it is the actual pic of fined vehicle). Only shows the user is either lazy or unnecessarily adamant about his case though caught on wrong side.

All that he/she needed to do is flip the two quick release levers on both wheels, remove them and put it inside the car in order to ensure the car body boundary is not violated.

     I think we should ensure compliance at our end first before making this undue issue & blame police. Even in case of absence of rules, one need to apply common sense.

Exactly. It is difficult to estimate gaps when driving through tight spaces or when overtaking if the vehicle has protrusions. Even top mounting racks can be risky when going through sections with height restriction barriers (for trucks etc.).

The best place to keep the bike is inside the car. Easily doable when you remove both wheels. Of course the assumption is that if you can afford a car, then you can afford to have a bike with quick release wheels. TBH, it's not hard to retrofit a QR skewer even to single speeds with horizontal dropouts. Bike inside car == peace of mind while driving.

-Ravi