Fine for toy bike rider
"Mini-moto" rider fined for driving while disqualified after appeal court ruling
A Dunfermline man has been fined for driving while disqualified after being caught on a toy motorbike.
Kevin McHale was found guilty in the sheriff court of driving while disqualified and without insurance after the Crown successfully appealed a sheriff's ruling that his "mini-moto" was not a motor vehicle in terms of the Road Traffic Acts. The appeal court ruled that the bike, which was 18 inches high and carried a warning that it should not be used on the road, was nevertheless a vehicle.
McHale, who was been spotted riding on the street by police officers while he was serving a two-year driving ban, was also over the drink driving limit when caught. He was fined £100 for driving while disqualified and six points were added to his licence.
Chief Inspector Bob Farmer of Fife Police said that the police had always viewed these machines as vehicles.
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