Man cycles kids to school using adapted wheelbarrow

[helston90]

Came across this article this evening and wondered what the actual legal stance on it was?

AFAIK it should be ok- was it just an over the top reaction from a bored officer?

 

[ianrauk]

Simple. There is no legal stance because the cyclist is doing nothing illegal.
An over reaction by a bored officer.

 

[slowmotion]

I can't see what the problem is. There are tens of thousands of bakfiets in the Netherlands. I don't expect the Daily Mail to know that though.

 

[Spinney]

well at least the story emphasises the point that cars are the problem not the bikes (although it might have been more accurate at the moment to say that lorries are the problem, as least as far as london deaths are concerned)

 

[MontyVeda]

by Daily Mail standards... that's a quality piece of journalism

 

[MartinQ]

Like the quote "I know my lights"

 

[slowmotion]

I love the term "rickety". In terms of getting hurt if you get hit by a motor vehicle, all bikes are "rickety". What do you expect....armour plating or something...?????

 

[Lanzecki]

Sorry, this is news because? Ohh The mail. Nuff said. Move along!

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 2789033, member: 30090"]Personally I think he should fit seat belts - at the very least.[/quote]
The poor kids are probably wearing earphones too..Oh Dear....

 

[Puddles]

I did another thread as didn't see this assuming it is the same incident and all I have to say it this

Here is a link to the article on ParentDish

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2013/11...hildren-to-school-in-wheelbarrow-bike-london/

The "Wheelbarrow Contraption/Bike" references irked me considerably in this article as if it is some sort of the "Good Life" homemade type invention rather than a very expensive (to me) Bakfiets!

 

[YahudaMoon]

Media using 'WHEELBARROW' in all caps

Also I noticed the children have safety belts on

Well I pulled my children and a friends child about all over Manchester up to 2011 for years

Id only use the road if it was quiet or safe in my opinion, trailer was home made with what was in effect a large bucket or crate for them to sit in with no safety belts though they had helmets

I wont post this on the CTC forum as I'll be hunted down, hung drawn and quareted

 

[thegravestoneman]

Where does this leave Rickshaw operators?

 

[XRHYSX]

When i read adapted wheelbarrow
i was thinking some type of home concraption, not a proper Dutch cargobike, jez you want to see what some of the bikes the kids at our school ride... Half don't have brakes one hasn't got a seat,

 

[Shaun]

Maybe the journalist should price one up: http://www.dutchbike.co.uk/Family1.htm

Might be worth more than the journo's car ...

 

[thegravestoneman]

While I am at it I used to take my little sister to school in the box of my Pashley box-trike (it did have a seat fitted) and on the back of my tandems. She is still about to complain about the embarrassment it caused her.