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Cycle number plates
On 19/06/2011 17:03, NM wrote:
I am assured, from previous discussion, that it's totally impractical for cyclists to display a rear number plate, the fixings will be wrong, it's too big, etc etc etc. Yet to my surprise I saw quite a few cyclists who have entered "Ride across England" I'm not sure if it's a race or just a way of blocking the roads but somehow they all managed to be sporting a number plate on the rear which was as big or bigger than any I have seen on a UK moped. How can this be? If there really was a need, I suppose you could fit a small plate under the saddle. It might be better to affix one to the side though like the numbers on Boris Bikes. If you *really* needed a rear end registration you could hang an A5 sized one from the riders arse. But all of that is rather academic anyway because there is no need to. Therefore, whether it is practical or not is a rather pointless discussion. In fact if there *were* calls for registration, to claim it is impractical would be a stupid counter claim. After all anything (well most things) can become practical if you want them enough. You would be better off debating *why* it would be necessary, *what* it would achieve, and whether they would outweigh the negatives. I suspect that the negative result of registration being a reduction in bike use, an increase in car use and therefore an increase in traffic, would be enough to make any sane person realise that perhaps requiring cyclists to display a registration plate would not be such a good idea after all. Therefore, it ain't goona happen. |
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