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Reflectors on pedals. Legal requirement?

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  • August 7, 2017 at 3:42 pm #27465
    joeegg

    A friend showed me the new spd’s he’d just fitted on his hybrid. He said that it was difficult to find spd’s with reflectors.Why with reflectors?It’s the law he said.He told me a cyclist he knows was prosecuted because of not having reflectors on his pedals.

     

    Are 99% of us riding illegally and looking at time doing porridge ?

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  • August 7, 2017 at 5:28 pm #899175
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    dottigirl

    BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

    BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
    If you’re that bothered put a reflective strip on the heel of your shoes.

    Most cycling (and running!) shoes have reflective strips on their heels already? I know mine do, and I’ve noticed it on others. Not sure how effective they are though.

    Btw, legal position stuff here from bender:

    http://road.cc/content/forum/227283-reflectors-pedals-legal-requirement

    August 7, 2017 at 5:18 pm #899173
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    Anonymous

    When police start pulling

    When police start pulling motorvehicle drivers for all the minor infractions they do that contribute to the carnage out on the roads I might consider even responding to a copper who mentions reflectors.

    ‘Drive at a speed you can stop well within the distance you can see to be clear’ is the statement you are looking for. It’s probably the most important statement in the HC but is glossed over and is not a MUST. People who are courteous/safe drivers both look and see, they will see you even if you’re blacked out and no lights because they are driving within what they can see with their headlights. You know just in case that unlit fallen tree or animal or whatever happens to be in the road.

    This is part of the reason why the CTC as was, objected to compulsary rear lights for bicyclists in the early part of the 20thC, it (& many other so called ‘safety’ aids) just puts the onus onto those that are vulnerable and takes it away from those doing the killing and maiming.

    If you’re that bothered put a reflective strip on the heel of your shoes.

    August 7, 2017 at 4:28 pm #899171
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    StraelGuy

    I think realistically you’ve

    I think realistically you’ve got more chance of being struck by lightning than the police giving a toss about reflectors on your pedals…

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