Mark1978 wrote:Flinders wrote:I read that the limit in this instance was 5mph, a speed at which the slightest bump would tip me over sideways onto anything alongside, which could easily include a pensioner, a child, or a dog.
I walk at 4mph on the flat, surely anyone jogging would be going faster than 5mph. And if this is where the horses go, a horse walks at 4mph or more, and trots at 6-8mph, though trotting racers go at anything up to 30mph.
Are horses allowed to trot in the park?
Even just ambling along on my bike putting in zero effort on the flat I would imagine I would be travelling in excess of 5mph. Staying below 5mph would require some effort.
Just ambling along with tandem & trailer, with an 8 year old and a 5 year old, we go 7 - 8 mph, even if Mini V puts her feet up.
Mick F wrote:I don't know how they can enforce a speed limit for a bicycle when having a speedometer isn't a legal requirement.
Do you need a speedometer to know when you are going too fast? As others state above, a speedometer isn't necessary to enforce a law. If the speedometer of your car is broken, you can still be done for speeding. You *may* avoid points if you can show that it was broken, and you have subsequently had it repaired.
Actually, the UK is the only country that I'm aware of where speed limits do not generally apply to bicycles. However, the German laws for *national* speed limits seem to say 'motor vehicles', while the laws for posted speed limits only say 'vehicles'. So it's possible that pedal cyclists do not need to comply with national speed limits in Germany, but do need to comply with posted speed limits. Most countries include cyclists indirectly by defining them as vehicles, then stating that speed limits apply to all vehicles, unless the vehicle has a lower speed limit according to it's class.
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