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| Thread ID: 106601 | 2010-01-15 03:43:00 | Got a push bike? Speed limit applies to you | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 848889 | 2010-01-15 05:55:00 | Push Bike rider clocked breaking 70kmh speed limit: nz.news.yahoo.com Wow i never knew those who ride a push bike have to obey speed limits. Wonder how many push bikes have speedometers on them. Did the cops get it right? By the way, it is legal to ride a push bike on the footpath or do you have to ride only on the road? Do you mean "By the way, it is legal etc" or "By the way, is it legal etc" ? The police did not take the matter to Court anyway so never proven was it. Oh, and if you want to know what the law is in your particular part of the country is I suggest Google is your friend. Don't forget to look up all relevant Bill, Acts, Regulations, Bylaws and all amendments and exemptions thereof. I used to ride for the Port Nicholson Cycle Club in Wellington sometime back and used to go down the Ngauranga Gorge passing cars on the way but that was back around 1958. Oh and don't just ask the question and leave it this time please. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 848890 | 2010-01-15 06:01:00 | By the way, it is legal to ride a push bike on the footpath or do you have to ride only on the road? in some towns it is and other it is not... each council makes it's own rules.... most of the time the police don't bother to enforce the council's rules either way.... |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 848891 | 2010-01-15 06:04:00 | I remember riding over to Taylor's Mistake a year ago, on the last 1/4 of the downhill stretch, I started to let the brakes off a bit, ended up ploughing into a kerb at the bottom at around 45-55Km/h, sideways, ended up in a garden 15 meters away, bear in mind that that was with me braking fully. It's not hard to build up some serious speed on a good gradient. I remember riding downhill in Wanganui from the Water tower. I went to brake and hello the chain had broken and you used to back pedal to brake. No idea what speed I was doing but got to Victoria Bridge before I could stop. A shallow angle at the bottom of the hill saved me. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 848892 | 2010-01-15 06:14:00 | No use back pedaling now. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 848893 | 2010-01-15 06:25:00 | I don't suppose cycles come with sturmey archer gears any more either. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 848894 | 2010-01-15 20:37:00 | I don't suppose cycles come with sturmey archer gears any more either. Hub gears have been making a resurgence on cruiser style bikes |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 848895 | 2010-01-16 04:58:00 | I've hit 90km/h going down Kellands Hill in Timaru. Not sure of the speed limit though. But I have hit 78km/h in a 50k zone. | xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 848896 | 2010-01-16 10:47:00 | if you do speed on a push bike, how will the police write down your license plate number when u don't have one? if you ride drunk on a push bike, the police cannot suspend your license because u don't need one to ride a push bike. |
lance4k (4644) | ||
| 848897 | 2010-01-16 11:11:00 | You still have to give the police your name and address (it is an offence not to do so, or to supply false details) and they can follow up that way. | johcar (6283) | ||
| 848898 | 2010-01-16 11:16:00 | And if you do fail to give name and address you will get a nice ride in a police car wearing handcuffs because you will be under arrest. | Sweep (90) | ||
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