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The Clerk is usually the only person who has any legal training, unless it is a stipendiary magistrate sitting. The Clerk will advise the magistrates about the law in terms of what constitutes an offence and the associated penalties. The magistrates job is the asses the evidence which has been...

There's a 10% refund via Top Cash Back. Not guaranteed to work, but I've never had one fail in 5 years. Makes it £450.

That's not a very nice thing to say! Thankfully, it doesn't look like my bike will need to be destroyed. This is good news for me because I can't afford a new one. I'd be correct in thinking that your two sentences of nastiness are borne out of my earlier post in the thread concerning cwah's...

I think that this is an excellent idea. From the recent discussions, it is clear that there are consequences to owning a machine which is not classed as a bicycle. Some are content to use them, others are not, but we should be aware of exactly what it is that we are buying so that we don't...

It wasn't just that one post, it was that combined with your earlier, more calculating recommendation, that cwah should strip his bike of any evidence of wrongdoing on his part prior to taking further action against the driver. It is this type of mindset which I find most abhorrent. I don't...

But you are perfectly ok about going to court and lying under oath? You are fine with the concept of altering the circumstances of the collision by stripping any illegal components off the bike post accident? What a sickening little man you are. Edit I'm glad that I caught your initial...

The above post has a rather unpleasant stench of hypocrisy about it. Nobody on either side of this discussion has said that cwah is totally to blame or that the other driver is blameless because the bike was illegal. All that we are saying is that if cwah truthfully reports the circumstances...

cwah, I simply can't work out whether you come onto the forum to provoke / stimulate discussion or if you really are the character that comes across in your forum posts. Either way, some good points and interesting discussions result. If you don't mind me saying, I think that your attitude...

My guess, without looking it up, would be that you would need some sort of licence (provisional maybe), and that it would need an MoT.

You can call it what you like, a £uckertyarsebucket if it pleases, but when the filth arrive on the scene, it will be a mechanically propelled vehicle from that point onwards.

Let us be clear, what we are talking about is not a bicycle. For the purpose of the law it does not fit the definition of a bicycle and that is all that matters. For this reason, laws relating to mechanically propelled vehicles will apply. I guess now the voices inside your head are telling you...

I always look forward to your responses for their comedy value and you rarely disappoint. I just can't be bothered to argue with you. You don't appear to have the necessary mental tools to understand what is being said.

If his bike is illegal, the best course of action would be to do nothing. Any statements that he makes in which he claims or implies that he was riding a bicycle will be false and leave him exposed to penalties which are far greater than any road traffic offences committed by him or the other...

Mine arrived a couple of days ago. It's a great light, but the battery isn't very good. I get just over 1 hour of use with two LEDs switched on. I have ordered another battery pack off Ebay (£12), so at least it will get me to work and back. Eventually, I'll run it off the bike battery using a...

I'd tried to put that sorry episode to one side as it infuriates me. It beggars belief doesn't it.

Ballooning hasn't enjoyed such a good safety record, mainly due to pilots flying into power lines and perishing in the ensuing fire. However, I can't think of a single casualty resulting from equipment failure. Nothing contained within the new legislation, airworthiness procedures and...

This is so very true. A few years ago, the annual insurance premium for my hot air balloon doubled overnight. The CAA had been, "advised" that the level of insurance cover needed to be based on the maximum take off mass (MTOM) of the craft. Despite being nothing more than a slow moving nylon bag...

I look forward to your direction on what constitutes acceptable construction and use of an ebike so that I may be guided by the dark lamp of your stupidity.

Probably, but it will never happen here. I think we are stuck with the present legislation.

With the roads full of unregistered, uninsured and untaxed vehicles being driven by unlicensed drivers, a high proportion of whom are either disqualified or unfit through drink or drugs, do you really think a re-test is going to make the slightest bit of difference? The only reason any...