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The creation is when the motor is added, making it into a pedelec. If that is after 31st December 2015, it needs an SVA to have a throttle since it has no grandfather rights before that date as a pedelec. .

Maybe no minister was guilty of leaking. It might have been their bugged Huawei phones transmitting the cabinet discussion. .

One of our West Country members died when riding one. He started to suffer a heart attack when out riding, fell off and subsequently died. Not the sort of road accident you had in mind though and the only death on a pedelec that we know of. His wife kindly advised us of the accident and it's...

But he only drives at 80mph on motorways. From the 1990s to the start of the current decade I travelled the 140 mile trip to my brother's in Dorset several times a year. Every trip down was in just under 2 hours, an average of 70mph. Less than half the distance was motorways or dual...

Those rights only apply to machines created before 1st January 2016. Following that type approval/SVA is needed as I've posted. This is made clear in the 6th April 2015 amendments to the 1983 EAPC regulations. .

While you were posting this I answered your questions just above. .

Once an SVA is gained there will be no need to pedal to get motor power. Power only when pedalling is the normal pedelec condition. No, this is a misunderstanding. Though it's true type approval only applies for manufacturers, the separate regulations on pedelec usage bar having a fully...

Yes, because the 6th April 2015 amendments to the 1983 EAPC regulations made fully acting throttles on pedelecs illegal to use unless the machine was type approved to L1e-A. This SVA permission by the DfT in lieu of type approval satisfies that requirement sufficiently. .

Simple. In that instance immediately report it to the police. However, it would be naive to think that happens. In the real world journalists persuade people to reveal information. .

In a case like the current one, the person leaking the information committed a crime under the official secrets act. The journalist receiving the information is a party to that crime and can be sentenced for that, quite apart from any issue of refusal to disclose the source. .

That's it exactly, it's because the type approval regulations are motor vehicle law, with a specific exemption for compliant pedelecs. This SVA arrangement to allow throttles is unique to Great Britain, the DfT allowing it here to meet this uniquely British demand. It doesn't seem to worry...

But that's as it should be. A cyclist can easily adjust down to walking speeds, few pedestrians can get up to our typical cycling speeds. And pavements are primarily a pedestrian facility so I think we should tolerate them using them in various ways, phoning, texting, dog walking, day...

Fudged it may be in some views, but look at the reality of these facts: 1) 30 million drive regularly, less than 2 million cycle regularly, the whole population are pedestrians. 2) Britain is small, most of our urban areas are confined and old and the majority of roads are crowded with...

Trouble is this method is not Type Approval, it's SVA, Single Vehicle Approval, each one tested and separately certified and documented. But of course if it's a model they've certified previously, that should speed up the test. Type Approval is only available to manufacturers and is a very...

Not all of them, my leccy one run entirely on renewable energy is one of the good guys. That said I have had 32 cars in my possession in my lifetime. Five second hand, nine new company cars and eighteen new ones I've bought. Many would say I'm wasting money, but I like to spend everything I...

Population density? :p ;) .

Electric scooters are not electric bicycles and are anyway illegal to use anywhere in public in the UK. .

Usually something that eventually happens starts with a rumour, then further information appears, and finally the thing happens. With Brexit it's the reverse. It started with Brexit means Brexit, we are definitely leaving. Then became we will probably be leaving. Then became we may be...

More like be a laughing stock again. .

When all they had to do was alter day to eve. .