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Wat vindt Graeme Obree van het nieuwe wetsvoorstel over fietsbellen?
The Government plans to bring in a new law saying every bicycle must have a bell and every cyclist must use it to alert pedestrians to their presence. Those found guilty of riding without a bell will face on-the-spot fines, with maximum penalties of up to £2,500 or two years in jail. Graeme Obree, the Scottish world record-holding cyclist, called the new law a ‘pointless exercise’. He said: ”If a cyclist is about to hit a pedestrian, he’s not going to hit a bell - he’s going to shout. What policeman is going to enforce a law like this? Only civil servants could come up with crazy ideas like this.” |
