Adrian wrote:
Boltar ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Bicycles arn't road vehicles.

Of course they are.

No they're not. They're just 2 wheels and a frame. Wheres the engine?


YOu can ride them in parks, in fields , up hills , wherever its allowed.

Just like 4x4 cars, then?

Good luck trying to drive a car around a park or down a corridor or lug
it
up some stairs.

I think you might find yourself in the minority there. You can just
imagine some bored plod or traffic warden giving some poor cyclist a
ticket for some minor infraction just as happens with cars today. Can't
see cycling lasting long if that happens.

Sorry? Cycling cannot survive cyclists having to obey the law? Are you
really trying to say that?

I'm saying that the people who use it to commute everyday might decide
the
extra hassle isn't worth it and just revert back to using already
overcrowded
public transport, and the ones who use it as recreation once in a while

wouldn't bother registering anyway. Certainly I wouldn't since how will
they
find out who I am if they spot me without any license plates? And
unless
there are plods on bikes (never seen them where I live) how will they
chase
me to stop me and find out? Its an unworkable system that will
hopefully
remain nothing more than an enforcemant jobsworths wet dream where
he can dream about giving little kids on their bikes with stabilisers
tickets
for riding on the pavement instead of on the A road outside their front
door.

B2003