What to do in the case of an accident (discussion)

It would be helpful to have some info on here as to how the cops dealt with you if you were in an accident and riding without a front hand brake.

I think it's important to phrase it this way to the cops/solicitors: "front hand brake".
It is my understanding that your drive train is a back brake and thus it is legal to ride with only one hand brake.

My only tip here is to keep insisting that you "ARE NOT RIDING BRAKELESS". You are, perhaps, only riding with one drive-train powered back brake.
If someone ever gets the chance to use this, please come back on here and report how it went over.

It is illegal to use any mode of transport on any of her majestys highway network if the vehicle in question does not have a means of retarding the back wheels. Fixed gear bike achieve this with drive train braking. Any single speed bike with a free wheel must be fitted with a rear brake to be used legal on the highway.

Great tread, saved, hopefully never to be used, but that's life!

LageRider