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The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Ivar Grøneng, who was fined for riding a bicycle in the field of public transport.
Ivar Grøneng (55) from Kolbotn refused to pay a fine of NOK 7,000 for riding a bicycle on public transport. He was acquitted in the district court, convicted in the court of appeal and now the Supreme Court has rejected his appeal.
Also read: Cyclist on public transport refused to pay fine – acquitted in district court
Grøneng had been traveling to and from Oslo by bicycle for ten years. In September 2018, she cycled home from work in Oslo. He cycled in the public transport camp on the E18 Mosseveien from Oslo from Ormsund to Ulvøya, and was stopped by the police in Mosseveien outside the capital.
– I managed to stay serious. At the same time, I thought this is so silly and it won’t hold. We are talking about 800 meters of public transport. I do not obstruct traffic on that stretch, he told Østlandets Blad (ØB) in February 2019.
The police believed that they had disrupted traffic unnecessarily and queued in the public transport sector. She received a fine of 7,000 crowns for violating the Road Traffic Law. I do not accept it.
With the help of the National Cyclists Association and the Norwegian Cycling Federation, he has taken the cases to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court writes in its assessment that the bicyclist disadvantages of having to make a detour by bicycle in a pedestrian and bicycle lane must be weighed against the flow of traffic on the site.
The court concluded that the cyclist’s choice to prioritize his own bicycle in the field of public transport over the flow of traffic disrupted traffic “unnecessarily.”
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