On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:11:02 +0100, Usenet
said:

So - and I'm only going with this because I'm thinking about the
practicalities - all bikes should have mudguards, racks, or some kind of
frame to attach the plate to?

Obviously, if they are to be required to carry a licence plate, there
must be some place to attach it. Exactly how it's done is best left
to the manufacturers and owners, given the wide variety of ways of
constructing a bicycle.

Supplementary to this:
Would you want the plate(s) lit at night?
How does one do this?
With a light.
what do you think of the EL-wire idea?

All bicycles are required to show lights at night anyway. I suggest
using the same method for illuminating the licence plate.

Should all age-groups be licensed?
Yes. With the parents being resposible for the stupidity of their
small children.
You're not a parent, are you? No, neither am I, but I can see a flaw in
you're thinking there.

This was about *bikes* being licenced, not *riders* being licenced.
Look at the situation with cars. If my car is caught speeding, even
if I'm not driving it, *I* get the ticket unless I tell plod who else
was driving it. Presumably the parents would be the registered
keepers of their brats' bikes, and so would be responsible for any
naughtiness. If you're going to have a vehicle registration scheme,
exempting large groups from having to have their vehicles registered
is foolish. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough.

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David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david