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MeatballTurbo wrote: That tinkling you hear is the legal equivalent of the cars horn, No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. -- Mark Foster, IT Services, University of Sussex Comp, UK. BN1 9QJ E-Mail: - +44 1273 678902/873135 ------------------------------------------------- "There are no such useless words as...'I didn't have a chance.'" [Driving, HMSO] |
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In article , MeatballTurbo wrote: That tinkling you hear is the legal equivalent of the cars horn, No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. Bells aren't very loud. My voice is louder so I have 'an audible warning of approach'. Cyclists don't have to take hands off brakes/gears/handlebars to use the voice. -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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"Mark Foster" wrote in message ... In article , MeatballTurbo wrote: That tinkling you hear is the legal equivalent of the cars horn, No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. -- Mark Foster, IT Services, University of Sussex Comp, UK. BN1 9QJ E-Mail: - +44 1273 678902/873135 ------------------------------------------------- "There are no such useless words as...'I didn't have a chance.'" [Driving, HMSO] Most bikes don't have a bell. Bawling works just as well :-) Brian |
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Most bikes don't have a bell. Bawling works just as well :-) ^ It works better, for the reasons I gave up there ^^ -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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In article m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST-E5A432.16535901042004
@sussex.jnrs.ja.net, spouted forth into uk.rec.driving... In article , MeatballTurbo wrote: That tinkling you hear is the legal equivalent of the cars horn, No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. It has the same legal meaning, even if it isn't a legal requirement. -- Carl Robson (The poster formerly known as Skodapilot) http://www.bouncing-czechs.com |
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MeatballTurbo wrote: In article m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST-E5A432.16535901042004 @sussex.jnrs.ja.net, spouted forth into uk.rec.driving... In article , MeatballTurbo wrote: That tinkling you hear is the legal equivalent of the cars horn, No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. It has the same legal meaning, even if it isn't a legal requirement. That is NOT the same as being a legal equivalent. -- Mark Foster, IT Services, University of Sussex Comp, UK. BN1 9QJ E-Mail: - +44 1273 678902/873135 ------------------------------------------------- "There are no such useless words as...'I didn't have a chance.'" [Driving, HMSO] |
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"Mark Foster" wrote in message ... In article , MeatballTurbo wrote: That tinkling you hear is the legal equivalent of the cars horn, No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. Because 99.99% of bikes are fitted with a far more effective audible warning device. |
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W K wrote:
"Mark Foster" wrote in message ... No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. Because 99.99% of bikes are fitted with a far more effective audible warning device. Yes, "Oi, gerrout the ****ing way!" -- http://www.speedlimit.org.uk "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." (William Pitt, 1783) |
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"PeterE" wrote: W K wrote: "Mark Foster" wrote in message ... No it isn't. A car is required to have a working horn. A bicycle is NOT required to have a bell. Because 99.99% of bikes are fitted with a far more effective audible warning device. Yes, "Oi, gerrout the ****ing way!" Aren't most cars fitted with those too? -- Mark Foster, IT Services, University of Sussex Comp, UK. BN1 9QJ E-Mail: - +44 1273 678902/873135 ------------------------------------------------- "There are no such useless words as...'I didn't have a chance.'" [Driving, HMSO] |
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