Any future ruling as per Sharkys post above would no doubt have serious implications for such projects.
Being a Lawyer is akin to being a Dictator, bombing people with one hand and selling them artificial limbs with another. Everybody else loses, money, time hair etc... but the white-collar's always win.
Solution = Ban Lawyers
If there were current legal issues around encouraging kids to cycle to school, projects such as the two below would not exist:
http://bikeclub.org.uk/
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/bike-it
Any future ruling as per Sharkys post above would no doubt have serious implications for such projects.
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