Sam Dastyari’s farcical day at ICAC
DISGRACED former Labor senator Sam Dastyari is facing a fine from the police for riding a Lime bike on the footpath and could get in trouble with ICAC for having two mobile phones.
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Disgraced Labor senator Sam Dastyari has been cautioned by Surry Hills Police after he broke the law by riding a bike on the footpath outside ICAC yesterday.
The ex-politician turned up to the hearings on Elizabeth St on a Lime electric bike, slowly freewheeling along the wide footpath before parking it outside the building.
The NSW Road Rules 2014, Part 15, Rule 250 clearly state that the only people allowed to ride on the footpath are children under age 16, postal workers, adults accompanying or carrying a child, and someone with a medical condition that stipulates they can ride on a footpath.
A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed yesterday they were investigating the alleged offence.
“Police are aware of the footage and will speak with the rider before determining the appropriate level of action,” she said.
Mr Dastyari today explained why he rode on the footpath, before voluntarily attending Surry Hills police station.
“Yesterday I arrived on a bicycle and that was to prevent journalists being run over on the road,” he said.
“That was clearly a mistake.”
Mr Dastyari said he had been cautioned for his actions.
“I spoke to NSW Police about briefly riding on the footpath and have been cautioned not to do so again,” he said.
A spokesman for the sharebike company Lime said it was clear Mr Dastyari — who resigned from his senate position over his alleged links to Chinese donors — was breaking a few rules.
“Delighted that Sam arrived at today’s hearing on Lime, taking another car off the road, wearing a helmet and parking his bike safely,” the Lime spokesman said.
“Unfortunately he was riding on the footpath so still not doing everything by the rule book.”
