Quad bikes

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  20 June 2012     16:07179115
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  saw someone earlier riding one down the folkestone road wearing t shirt shorts and no helmet.
  
  they look difficult turn over but their wouldn't be much left of him if he did.
  
  are they bound by the same law as motor bicyclists, moped and scooter riders?
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  20 June 2012     16:13179117
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  howard,they are quite easy to tip over,as for helmets its a bit of a grey area.
• Guest 651

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  20 June 2012     16:15179118
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  Don't think you need a helmet on a trike/reliant robin, so probably not on a quad either
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Brian Dixon

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  20 June 2012     16:23179123
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  i was thinking that paul,a robin reliant and crash helmets,mmm well.
• Guest 651

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  20 June 2012     16:33179127
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  Once saw a robin reliant overturn, scary, i think there was just a big pile of dust left, the chasis and very injured people
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 710

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  21 June 2012     12:39179267
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  "Quad bikes are not legal on public roads unless modified and driven by someone over 16, who is insured, according to the Health and Safety Executive."
  
  From...
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1574438/The-law-on-the-use-of-quad-bikes.html
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  21 June 2012     14:29179275
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  no crash helmet required, surely a recipe for disaster.
• Brian Dixon

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  21 June 2012     16:11179287
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  down to the person rideing it howard.
• Guest 745

  • Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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  21 June 2012     19:40179328
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  Nothing like ripping up a road in the sunshine, no helmet.
  
  Freedom
• howard mcsweeney1

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  21 June 2012     19:44179332
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  closely followed by a long stay in the intensive therapy unit.
• Guest 745

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  21 June 2012     21:03179346
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  With no doctors