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THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE AND THE METROPOLITAN POLICE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY TARGETING RIDERS WHO FLOUT TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AS PART OF A MAJOR CRACKDOWN. 06:48, 29 May 2025 E-bike riders and

cyclists face £400 fines and criminal conviction for breaking traffic rules. The City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police have been actively targeting riders who flout traffic

regulations as part of a major crackdown. Data shows magistrates ordered cyclist s convicted of breaking London's traffic laws to pay more than £4,000 in combined penalties. Under UK

law, riders caught typically face fines, court costs, and victim surcharges totalling over £400. Frankie Spence, 22, was stopped by police after running a red traffic light on a Lime bike on

Bishopsgate at 9.47am on November 7 last year. PC David Parker flagged her down after spotting the offence, while on police bike patrols for the City of London Police. READ MORE: FOREIGN

OFFICE WARNS UK TOURISTS OVER 'STATE OF EMERGENCY' UNTIL JUNE 17 “A cyclist caught my attention as they failed to stop at the red traffic light and solid white line at Bishopsgate,

at the junction with Brushfield Street”, he said. The officer said Spence told him: “I swear the light was just changing, can I appeal this?” Article continues below Spence, from Lewisham,

was convicted of riding a pedal cycle on a road and fail to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign, after she did not enter a plea. A magistrate ordered that she pay a £220 fine,

plus £110 costs and an £88 victim surcharge. “Another cyclist was also being held by the same red automatic traffic signal (ATS)”, set out Met Police PC Simon Watters. “The rider rode

around the other held cyclist. The rider crossed the stop line on red and continued straight ahead across the junction towards me. “There was no reason for the rider not to stop and wait

with the other held cyclist for the next green ATS phase.” All the prosecutions were brought through the Single Justice Procedure. Article continues below During this, a magistrate sits in

private to decide on a defendant’s guilt.