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UK Motorcycle regulations - Basics
MCTID:
I bought a new Suzuki GT 500 in Canada in 1975. The law at that time in Canada was that when the ignition was switched on, the lights also came on. Over the years I got used to switching on the lights - in my car as well as my bikes - when I started the engine....it just seemed common sense to me and although we shouldn't have to do these things, I always think that you are a long time dead, so why not.
Personally I can't understand the thinking behind not showing lights at all times, and not wearing some brightly coloured and reflective kit and therefore being easily seen by all and sundry.
There are some very smart Lawyers out there who will chop you into little pieces in a court of law if you fail to do all that you can to make yourself more visible and if you don't, when that tw*t in the 40 Tonne Truck has flattened you and your bike, they will easily make out to the Magistrate that you were actually an 'Accident waiting to happen'. Honest it happens every week up and down the country.
As a Health and Safety Practitioner I know just how easy it is for clever lawyers to make you out to be the 'Guilty party' - so please don't make it any easier for them.
Ignition on....Lights on.......Hi Vis clothing/ vest/ bright and reflective strips on your clothing/ light or white coloured helmet.
You know it makes sense.
andy120t:
Ignition on....Lights on.......Hi Vis clothing/ vest/ bright and reflective strips on your clothing/ light or white coloured helmet.
You know it makes sense.
Ignition on - ride the wretched thing... I appreciate and understand the sentiments voiced above but 'motorikes are vulnerable'. Wear what you want to wear; ride what you want to ride; hi-viz makes a lot of sense but it's not for everyone.
....and having written that, I've been driving today and was amazed at how far away I could see some thatchers in hi-viz jackets on a barn roof. about a mile or so away across a field)- which made me realise how much more visible we can be - so it's about approriate visibility items on clothing, not just a huge yellow coat?
Tomb:
--- Quote from: MrDavo on February 14, 2017, 12:28:31 PM ---I think Frank Shepherd must've turned a blind eye to the brake light for the MOT, unless the rules were different then, as it had no electrics whatsoever ( magneto ignition).
--- End quote ---
If you have no lights fitted there is no requirement for brake light. Get a copy of the MOT testers handbook, theres a little side bar of exclusions in the left column.
https://www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/documents/manuals/m1s01000301.htm
From.....
https://www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/documents/manuals/m1i00000101.htm
Tom (worked in MOTing)
mike the bike:
Don't get me started on twat car drivers, usually grey cars, that drive round in shitty weather with no lights on whatsoever , in stealth mode. On a recent trip on the M4 in such weather I glanced at the driver to see what kind of idiot they were. In no way am I being sexist here, I'm just reporting what I saw;
17 women idiots before I saw the first male idiot.
Then there's the matrix signs that warn of 'Poor Driving Conditions ' Drivers can see that for themselves, what the signs should read is;
'put your bloody lights on'. and 'don"t drive so bloody close you bunch of twats'
Here endeth the rant,
royhall:
Don't stop there Mike, your posts are great. Can't beat a good rant, especially when your right.
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