Bill initally brought 1944
Passed thought the house 1945
see e.g
ROAD TRANSPORT LIGHTING (CYCLES) BILL [Lords]
HC Deb 02 February 1945 vol 407 cc1794-850
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1945/feb/02/road-transport-lighting-cycles-bill-lords#column_1794
for debate on second reading in the Lords or elsewhere in hansard for
the full discussions
Peter Cox
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Social Science
University of Chester
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Recent Work
Cox, P. Moving People: sustainable transport development (Zed 2010)
Cox, P. Emancipation Re-enchanted (LAP 2010)
Bonham, J. and Cox, P. 'The Disruptive Traveller' Roads and Transport
Research 19 (2) 43-54
>>> "Oddy, Nicholas" <[log in to unmask]> 22/11/2010 13:58 >>>
The legislation that applies is that of the 1940s, emergency measures
put out at the outbreak of war were similar to those of the Great War,
but were not repealed, something tells me that the decision to retain
them was taken in 1944, but this is a fickle memory. Anyway this
legislation is retrospective therefore any age of machine is covered:
all pedal cycles must carry a tail lamp, with a lens of at least two
superficial inches and of two candle power or above (head need only
‘be seen from a reasonable distance’ and have no stated
dimensions as legislation relating to these is much earlier). Because
retrospective legislation stipulating that all machines must carry a
rear reflector dates back to 1927, all machines should carry one of
these too. The only element that need not be carried is one of the most
reliable and effective – a visibility patch in white or silver, at
least eight superficial inches, normally, but not necessarily applied to
the rear mudguard. This was required under the 1934 RTA in lieu of a
lamp where none was carried. Not surprisingly they were universally
applied, but were superseded by the 1940s legislation and died out
during the ‘50s. It is a moot point as to the application of any of
this legislation applies to draisienes or hobby horses as these are not
‘pedal cycles’; so, if you leap on your Johnson thirty minutes after
sunset, you might reasonably defend yourself against PC Wotsit, I would
be interested to see a test case. As an inveterate user of oil lighting
I find that it tends to baffle policemen into submission, when they
notice it, which they never have in terms of its light emission, instead
it does have the advantage of deflecting interest when ‘paused’ for
some other reason.
Nicholas Oddy
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Subject: Re: Why do people cycle without lights?[Scanned-Clean]
It is worth remembering that we have only required a red rear light on
a cycle for just over 60 years, and so you might argue legitimately I
think <ducks> that if you are riding a bike built before that date (and
many do), you need only fit the red rear reflector.
CTC vehemently opposed the legislation citing that it moved the
responsibility away from the following vehicle user to observe the road
ahead and drive (usually) to be able to stop within the distance they
could see to be clear.
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