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Not on an EU wide basis, these are national matters. For example The Netherlands a little while ago started to permit mopeds and S class bikes on their cyclepaths. That caused a huge wave of complaints and I think there's been some backtracking on it. What we can say for certain given our...

Yes, the tyres have to be motor vehicle spec, the headlight and tail light need to conform to the strict requirements, size, beam etc., the bike has to have a stoplight operating from either brake and have rear number plate illumination. Currently there's also some brake test requirements...

That's exactly to position that I posted at the time of the first claim that the Stromers could be registered. As I said back then, they cannot, and nor can the Kalkhoffs. These S class certifications are not L1e-A or Low Powered Moped class approvals, they only permit registration in the S...

More desperate smears in one of the dirtiest campaigns in years. Sadiq is facing a two way attack. One is a blatantly racist attack by the Conservatives, the other smears from Labour MPs who are using him as a trojan horse to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn. Obviously those labour MPs don't like the...

Bike Hut ones from Halfords, I added the rubber grips.

That really is nonsense. I will be voting for Sadiq tomorrow. .

If you want as light as possible to make it easy to lift in and out, while remaining reasonable priced, the Kudos Secret model might well suit. .

The Metropolitan Police call it containment, aka kettling. :D .

That was a terrible experience, but so often true of insurance companies. I always have the impression that they treat all premiums as fees and view any claim on the basis that the claimant is almost certainly committing fraud. However I can offer you some satisfaction. Very long ago when...

SVA never precedes type approval regulations, since it's usually based on the type approval requirements. So we'll probably have to wait until 2018 or later for single build pedelec SVA. .

They certainly are. Recognising this very early in life I took the decision to be my own insurance company, not paying anything other than house structure insurance and the compulsory third party insurance on vehicles. It's saved me a small fortune throughout the last 55 years and partly in...

I've had similar on a previous car too, and enjoyed the cruise control on long trips. The objections are to fixed speed limiting of course, either internal or remote external. One day I suppose we'll all use driverless "Google" cars, following each other at a steady 20 mph. Thank goodness I...

It's still under early stages of discussion so nothing has been decided yet. It could be as much as a year before we know much more. There's no current plans for SVA for single builds. .

In practice the only officers who deal with pedelecs are the traffic division ones, usually following an accident. The average bobby couldn't care less. Since all parking duties were removed from police responsibility long ago they see such things as beneath them. .

I'm sure it didn't occur to them. The probable reason for that is the age limit is not part of the EAPC law that was being amended, it's a later inclusion in the Road Traffic Act of 1988. The DfT has for some years not had anyone specialising in the pedelec law area, so there's more knowledge...

The Government's own Roads Research Laboratory have pointed out the two snags with speed limitation. Firstly it can create bunching, leading to more accidents. Secondly it can make overtaking dangerous if the power cuts at a critical point. Far better to momentarily exceed a speed limit to...

Being away means you haven't kept up with the law Paul. As part of the 6th April 2015 amendments to the EAPC law, all pedelec weight limits were removed, bringing us more into line with EU practice. In addition for the first time, four wheeled "quad" pedelecs are now permitted. These changes...

Not just the Zeta, not even the Zeta, the problems of friction drive onto tyres were well known many decades before. The Power Pak, the Zap, the Viking, the Velosolex and many others tried all the possible forms but they all have failings. In the main they either slip in the wet or shred...

I largely agree, but these things are not under discussion. My comment was in the context of what we are discussing. Let me just illustrate with just one item from your previous long list: d) Because we remain EU members, and the EU dictates our laws to us and the EU decides individual e-bike...

This list I'm afraid shows you've lost it, consisting as it does of pure fantasy in direct contradiction of the real world facts and trends. . .