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bike piles :)
Ouch.....
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I did the test a little more than 40 years ago, and the one thing that stuck with me was "holidng this badge up at a lorry bearing down on you will not stop it hitting you" which was a decent lesson. I do remember loving the course and was very keen that my children did it. Some schools are very risk averse and interfere-y about how children travel to school. We allowed our two to travel to primary school together without us (about a mile's walk away, or half a mile and a bus). We thought (and think) that this was a decent way to teach some independence but many teachers and indeed other parents sought to dissuade us. Proper cross I was.
MetalMelly
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@853Superfly
also did the bicycle test and got the little red triangle enamel badge (long since lost) :)
Soooo, looked at article, who is paying for and fitting number plates ?
Rear only or front and rear ? will they be motorcycle size plates as no law for bicycle plates.
Has this been fully tested and risk assessed for possible injury to children from the actual plate.
In effect some children might find themselves excluded from school as "maybe" riding a bicycle is only form of available transport (depending on catchment area and distance)
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I suppose most kids will just ride anyway and lock up outside school grounds, leading to locals complaining about bike piles :)