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Agreed, although if it isn't backed up with resources to actually enforce it, it's just a meaningless gesture. As sad as it is, a large part of the traffic offe
by ahje 7y ago
Agreed, although if it isn't backed up with resources to actually enforce it, it's just a meaningless gesture. As sad as it is, a large part of the traffic offences are simply ignored outside ring III (apart from speeding caught by speed traps, of course).
Riding a bike on the pavement is legal for children under the age of 12 iirc. For adults it's a no go.
- deanclatworthy 7y agoI wonder why it's considered legal for children. They probably present even more risk to an elderly person, or child in a push chair.
- ahje 7y agoI assume it's because they are occasionally behaving unpredictably and thereby pose an even larger problem when on the road. There were probably not a lot of bicycle roads or bicycle lanes back when the law was written.
- distances 7y agoI'd assume it's for the safety of the children. At that age they're perhaps not the most rational street users.
- buckminster 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_infancy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_infancy The USA is one of the very few places on earth where you can both prosecute and marry five year olds. (Not in every state, of course.)