Little whinge about mobile cameras

SamsReturn

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Cyclists can't speed, the law on speed limits doesn't include them so there are no speed limits for them.

I've looked into buying myself an electric bike, and in the adverts for them, they always say that you're limited to 15mph, by law. Sounds odd that doesn't it when you think we see some cyclists going a lot faster every day.

MikeWhite

SamsReturn wrote: »

I've looked into buying myself an electric bike, and in the adverts for them, they always say that you're limited to 15mph, by law. Sounds odd that doesn't it when you think we see some cyclists going a lot faster every day.

Only the "assistance" is limited to 15.5 mph, if you can pedal it faster there is nothing to stop you. I guess this is to prevent e-bikes needing insurance, registration etc.

RichardD1970

MikeWhite wrote: »

Only the "assistance" is limited to 15.5 mph, if you can pedal it faster there is nothing to stop you. I guess this is to prevent e-bikes needing insurance, registration etc.

Indeed, I regularly reach over 20mph on mine.

Although I did read somewhere that in Northern Ireland, because they didn't update the law when the rest of the UK did, that you still need a motorcycle licence, registration, tax, insurance and wear a proper motorcycle helmet to ride one. :eek: :rotfl:

Johno100

MikeWhite wrote: »

Only the "assistance" is limited to 15.5 mph, if you can pedal it faster there is nothing to stop you. I guess this is to prevent e-bikes needing insurance, registration etc.

Yes, can you imagine if they let this beast onto UK roads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiiNORLzA18&t=47s

sevenhills

golddustmedia wrote: »

Oh I'm not claiming the cyclist was "speeding", though if I was doing the speed limit and he shot past me then technically he was travelling in excess of the road speed limit, but I know that nothing can/will be done about it!

You may think you were doing 19mph, but were you?

When I go past on of those advisory signs, that tell you your speed, they usually tell me that I am doing 3/4mph less than my speedo.
Cyclists do go very fast, but they might overtake if you are doing 15mph

Car_54

MikeWhite wrote: »

Quite right as bicycles are not (yet) obliged to have any form of speedometer!

As has been pointed out above, speed limits do apply to cyclists on some roads, e.g. in the royal parks, and they are successfully prosecuted despite having no speedos.

SamsReturn

Johno100 wrote: »

Yes, can you imagine if they let this beast onto UK roads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiiNORLzA18&t=47s

28000 watt :eek: I think the ones i was looking at were a few hundred watt.

Jackmydad

Don't worry about the 20 limit feeling slow. It'll be 15, and then 10.
Nothing wrong with 30 in most places really of course, as long as people would accept that you drive according to the road conditions, and what is there, and don't treat it as being the speed you can do all the time.
The thing that really annoys me are these ever changing limits along a stretch of road.

Stoke

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Cyclists can't speed, the law on speed limits doesn't include them so there are no speed limits for them. Apparently (according to cyclists that overtake cars in Bristol - I live there too) this is because they are not dangerous when speeding.

You may be aware of a case going through the courts at the moment where a not dangerous cyclist ran over and killed a pedestrian.

Yeah.... look, I'm not a big cyclist fan here, but let's not muddy the water. That guy was riding a highly modified 'racing bike' in the middle of London, where there's bloody pedestrians everywhere. His bike was essentially designed for a velodrome, and using it on the roads was both stupid and illegal.... hence the prosecution. I very much doubt any kind of new rules will be imposed off the back of him going down for it.

Aylesbury_Duck

Indout96 wrote: »

Its not just a matter of time though, with all the talk lately regarding pollution there is the effect of the extra fuel and emissions. We also have a 20 mph limit on a main road from Shipley to Saltaire so at 7.00am I am traveling up it at 20 mph (on Cruise control so I dont stray over) display reads 28 mpg - at 30 it would be around 40 mpg (1.6 D)

That's more likely down to your choice of gear - you're probably labouring the engine in too high a gear. Also, in-car displays of consumption are notoriously inaccurate. Claiming a reduced speed limit is detrimental to fuel consumption and emissions is a red herring.