The police have reminded people that the ‘Stay at Home’ regulations “specifically prohibit the use of pedal cycles for recreation/exercise on Bermuda’s highways.”
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said, “The Bermuda Police Service wishes to remind the public that as with the previous ‘Shelter in Place’ Regulations from 2020, the 2021 ‘Stay at Home’ Regulations specifically prohibit the use of pedal cycles for recreation/exercise on Bermuda’s highways.
“If however your pedal cycle is your normal mode of transport and you are using it to go to and from work or attend a permitted business/medical appointment, then that use is allowed under the current Regulations as if you were using a car or motorcycle.
“The BPS reminds the public that under the current regulations, exercise has been restricted to within a one kilometre radius of your home, on foot by yourself or with one other household member.”
The regulations — which can be read in full here — state, “No person shall drive or ride a vehicle of any description [including a bicycle], on any public or private road during the curfew, except for a purpose permitted by these regulations.”
As far as daily exercise, the regulations state you can go “for a walk or run, alone or with one other member of the same household, for a maximum period of sixty minutes per day during the hours of 7am to 7pm only, remaining at all times within a distance of one kilometre from his home.”
