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The biggest difference is that they never stopped utility cycling, in the way we did from the late 1950s to the 1980s when we restarted only with some sport cycling. Once a population has been lost to cars it's understandably almost impossible to get them back onto bicycles. Infrastructure...

I do live here, was born here and lived here most of my life so have a far closer knowledge than you. So close in fact that three people I've known well, one of them a close friend, have been murdered in London, two by stabbing, one by shooting. That was back in the 1970s and '80s. And the...

Utter rubbish. The only thing that's out of control is the scale of the exaggeration about the issue. Just like the January newspapers that tried to say London is worse than New York on the basis of a week's figure. Doesn't seem like keeping a lid on it by under reporting. In truth the...

Now then, that's being unfair to a very capable man. Just as Theresa May has been a very poor Home Secretary and now very poor Prime Minister, so Grayling has made a mess of being Justice Secretary and Transport Minister. Clearly he is well up to the top job. .

Once again, why only mention London? Why nowhere else just as bad? I live in London and like over 95% of the population I remain as safe as I've always been, not fearing to go anywhere, day or night. .

A Simca Aronde tested in France by the British Motor magazine in 1951 had a top speed of 73.9 mph (118.9 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 30.2 seconds. A fuel consumption of 34.1 miles per imperial gallon (8.3 L/100 km; 28.4 mpg‑US) was recorded. That's all its 1221cc...

But as posted, proportionally just as bad in some other British cities, but no-one ever mentions them at all. They only pick on London every time. And you are living in the wrong place to be critical of violence elsewhere. Some 3500 dead from under a quarter of London's population. .

Why does everyone pick on London with this issue? For example Birmingham has a horrific knife crime problem, see any of the links in this Google page. .

We're far worse than the EU for bureaucracy. Their contribution now is the new designations of L1e-A for the 15.5 mph LPM class and L1e-B for the 28 mph moped class. So just names, and in some EU countries the rules are very easy. For example in France 14 year olds can ride any 50cc moped...

Well that's largely what happens now with EU drivers, the police only chasing the most serious offenders, where they are normally successful. I'm sure that will continue, the extradition treaties will still be in place, but the extradition might take a little longer with a bit more red tape...

Altnough it fizzles out into a very narrow path further back, we have this impressive one in my area which actually consists of ten or twelve various lanes, dependent on the way you count them. Behind the fence and hedge on the left are two tram lines. Then there's the pedestrian path and two...

It's always been the case that the individual laws in each country have to be complied with. I don't see that changing on leaving the EU. Some EU drivers have been getting away with lesser offences where the police don't bother to follow up or even prosecute. .

Yes, as AK says. What the DfT have done is to move the pedelec with throttle up into the first motor vehicle class, which is Low Powered Moped still limited to 15.5 mph but allowed 1000 watts. They've created a sub class for the UK only, saying that as long as it fits pedelec rules including...

They seem quite flexible on these rules for the 16 mph machines Russ, accepting a variety of combinations to achieve the end wanted. These 250 LPM checks are going to be very rare anyway at any individual test station so much will depend on the tester. Trike checks will be incredibly rare. I...

Yes that's a variant that seems ok, they call it a service brake. So long as all three wheels can be braked they accept several variants, including a single lever coupled system on trikes. .

Agreed, this new law is messy and they were obviously only thinking of upright trikes with a single front wheel, not recumbent tadpoles which don't seem to have any specific UK law. There is no provision for front brakes only on an assisted tadpole trike. .

The law you want is in this PDF from 2015. See under Power Assistance - Twist and Go, second paragraph specifying the type approval need. You'll also see it applied to individual vehicles, so there never was any permission for throttles on home builds, conversions etc, without type approval...

Of course, but that is the law now. This whole issue is far too complicated already without confusing members on the basis of prior statements with no legal backing. The previous law was clearly that post December 2015 pedelecs could not have throttles without type approval and home builds...

But clearly the DfT have changed the rules now, having not posted any legal justification for what they said at that time. Now the law says an MSVA must be obtained for amateur builds etc., other than those with grandfather rights. See my new thread . .

I don't care what pedelecers do, but it's important they are not misinformed on the law, since that can prove very costly, even bankrupt in a civil damages case. Opinions on whether the police might or might not enforce are nothing like good enough. The law now is absolutely clear. To legally...