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Peter B
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"Chris Malcolm" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Helen Deborah Vecht <[email protected]> writes:
> >The advent of MTBs, which made pavement hopping easy. After pavement hopping, other aspects of
> >the Highway Code appeared optional...
>
> Sounds very plausible! And of course MTB's don't need those other silly legal trappings of bell,
> reflectors, and lights, i.e., they don't have them, and police don't bother about such things,
> "proving" it, giving rise to the general impression that laws don't apply to bicycles.
I think that the same rules apply at point of sale regarding reflectors etc. Lights, of course, are
only required for riding in the dark and bells haven't been a legal requirement (not sure of the
current status).
Pete
> Helen Deborah Vecht <[email protected]> writes:
> >The advent of MTBs, which made pavement hopping easy. After pavement hopping, other aspects of
> >the Highway Code appeared optional...
>
> Sounds very plausible! And of course MTB's don't need those other silly legal trappings of bell,
> reflectors, and lights, i.e., they don't have them, and police don't bother about such things,
> "proving" it, giving rise to the general impression that laws don't apply to bicycles.
I think that the same rules apply at point of sale regarding reflectors etc. Lights, of course, are
only required for riding in the dark and bells haven't been a legal requirement (not sure of the
current status).
Pete