Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:56:39 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 17/08/2013 08:23, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:05:53 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 16/08/2013 23:35, Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:17:45 +0100, Mrcheerful
wrote:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-n...-boxes-2175808

The last picture in the gallery is cheating. To transport a sofa
properly all you need to do is attach four caster wheels and tow it
behind a bicycle, preferably with a couple snogging on it.

There speaks the voice of experience, no doubt.

No doubt. I think that most teenage and adult men and women have
experienced snogging on a sofa. Far fewer while being towed behind a
bike, but I'm open to a new experience (with Clare of course) if you
are willing to tow us.

It would have to be off-road somewhere.

C&U Regulations, etc.

Are bicycles covered by those regulations?

I suppose we'd have to fit reflectors to the end of the sofa, and if
at night a rear light, but as far as I know that is the limit of the
regulations for towing with a push bike.

I'm afraid that is just not good enough - obviously, what is needed
for all bicycle trailed sofas is an escort by the Special Escort
Group. This specialist unit of the Metropolitan Police consists of
officers with a range of skills and operational experience from
various policing backgrounds. One motorcyclist (lead bike) positions
himself in front of the escort, controlling the pace and position of
the escort, whilst the others forge ahead, dealing with traffic
situations and advising the lead bike of the safest path through the
traffic they are controlling. SEG officers on Honda VFR1200
motorcycles use whistles in preference to sirens (which are not
fitted). This reduces the level of noise that precedes an escort and
will reduce the environmental impact of the escorted cyclist with
trailed sofa (plus snogging couple) on the general public.

I suggest we all write to our MP's about this: We just can not have
push bikes pulling sofas (with a couples snogging on them) around
willy-nilly (even if the sofas do have fitted reflectors and a rear
light at night).