mercalia wrote:M1 cyclist escorted off motorway in Hertfordshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31726226
As the late Robert Robinson was often quoted to have remarked
If this is news, on what basis do we exclude anything?
In the meantime, bicycler beat me to it but here's my edited version of what the legislation says (and editing is my excuse for being beaten to it. )
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
1984 c. 27 Part I Outside Greater LondonSection 2
2 What a traffic regulation order may provide.
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(3) The provision that may be made by a traffic regulation order also includes provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the use of a road, or of any part of the width of a road, by, or by any specified class of, pedestrians—.
(a) either generally or subject to exceptions specified in the order, and.
(b) either at all times or at times, on days or during periods so specified.
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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/2