Submitted on Thursday 29th September 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 4th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow children 10 years and under to be able to ride bikes on public footpaths.
Children aged 10 years and under have no true sense of traffic direction. I believe allowing this age bracket a legal use of cycling on public footpaths to be sensible and help to reduce any accidents that may occur.
Although children under 16 cannot be legally prosecuted for riding bikes on paths, I believe that the main age bracket of 10 and under need protection from not only traffic on the general roads but also from the general public who although correct in trying to stop young cyclists can become overly agressive of the situation and cause emotional distress to young children by stopping them, blocking paths ways and getting overly aggressive when children are just trying to be kept safe by parents.
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