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Rich ... it may be the case that this was back when standards were higher so even bike speeding was considered bad enough form for a Special to be no longer considered suitable for duty!
My guess is the loophole exempting bikes from speeding will be closed in due course ... improvements to bike tech and the seeming love Councils have for speed limits you could nearly break running may force the issue. Even if the Speedo issue proves difficult to implement then declaring that exceeding the limit will be automatic grounds for a dangerous riding ticket will do the same thing by default and cause riders to err on the side of caution
K K that makes a lot of sense to me.
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I think you can still get prosecuted for riding furiously on the highway, a catch all law originally aimed at horse riders.
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David ... I used 'Reckless Riding' to get the gist across ... but I believe the actual wording is wonderfully Victorian as you say!! 🙂
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My guess is the loophole exempting bikes from speeding will be closed in due course ... improvements to bike tech and the seeming love Councils have for speed limits you could nearly break running may force the issue.
K So far, the fastest anyone has run is about 27½ miles per hour, a speed reached (briefly) by sprinter Usain Bolt just after the midpoint of his world-record 100-meter dash in 2009. ![[Linked Image]](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/01/21/science/21MUROERUN-02/21MUROERUN-02-superJumbo.jpg) Courtesy The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/human-running-speed-quadruped.html
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My guess is the loophole exempting bikes from speeding will be closed in due course ... improvements to bike tech and the seeming love Councils have for speed limits you could nearly break running may force the issue.
K So far, the fastest anyone has run is about 27½ miles per hour, a speed reached (briefly) by sprinter Usain Bolt just after the midpoint of his world-record 100-meter dash in 2009. Courtesy The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/human-running-speed-quadruped.htmlJust imagine his speed had they provided him with some scran before the race though ….
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Cycles are not required to have a speedometer fitted so therefore not able to be reported for speeding. The adherence to the 20mph speed limit wasn't aimed at the cyclists It was because the support vehicles would have to break the speed limit to keep up with them 
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Don't ever judge a book by it's cover -- Genius woman..
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Rich .... I think with intelligence it's not only what you have but what you do with it .... probably very much like the lady in question's current occupation!! 🙂
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