Spendidly whacky!

What a pity he has no indicators, brake lights, lighting or registration plates or presumably a license or any insurance, all of which are required for what is essentially a motorcycle.

Pretty standard cyclist, then.

I wonder if that is actually true though? Electrically assisted bikes (of power output 250W or under) are exempt, and count as normal pedal cycles. The rules on other types of powered bikes seem to specifically cite Internal Combustion Engine bikes (again with relaxations of the requirements for units of 1kW or less output).

That bike still retains its pedals etc...

Whatever, it sure as s*it isn't a HPV any more. It probably shouldn't be on the roads at all.

Steamrollers etc are certainly a class of road vehicle, ISTR that my driving license lets me drive one. Traction engines don't normally have the lighting paraphenalia of cars, don't know about road tax but I bet they need insurance! I certainly hope so, anyway.

Seems like a fairly harmless eccentric (until he runs into you, I suppose).

Likely to do you far less mischief than your normal arrogant swarm of high speed Lycra louts...

(not only that, he could probably stop and make a cuppa!)

Drivers of speciality/historic vehicles have a much better safety record than the average driver.

NT

I'm fairly sure that I've seen that at a steam rally, unless, of course there is more than one steam bicycle in the UK.

Is that Jeremy Corbyns other brother?

Statistically, do drivers of speciality/historic vehicles have a better safety record when driving a more modern 'everyday' car 10,000 miles/annum in typical driving conditions?

d than the average driver.

I don't know, but I'd expect so. Driving a history piece demands understand ing of its many problems & limitations and consistently driving within its limits, and the average driver doesn't know all their car's limitations bec ause they don't meet some of them. With ancient vehicles you get to meet th em all soon enough, and develop the necessary paranoid attitude to driving.

NT

Is there any way to post an URL that will open in Australia?

Put steam powered bicycle in google, find heaps.

Here he is from 2008 ...

Don't know... but there's a page of Google hits here

ord than the average driver.

nding of its many problems & limitations and consistently driving within it s limits, and the average driver doesn't know all their car's limitations b ecause they don't meet some of them. With ancient vehicles you get to meet them all soon enough, and develop the necessary paranoid attitude to drivin g.

You're hardly likely to get a tractor or steam roller driver breaking many speed limits even if they could. Never heard of a steamroller needing a rol lbar for protection or having ABS brakes, but I'm not sure if that means th e actual driver won't have or cause an accident in their own car. They might even cause more if they are only used to driving at 10MPH taking a corner at 30 MPH might be too much for them to handle depending on the c ar of course, but I doubt they'll know the ins and outs of their car any mo re than anyone else just because they drive a tractor at work.

d than the average driver.

True. My ancient Roller costs only £100 to insure.

ord than the average driver.

nding of its many problems & limitations and consistently driving within it s limits, and the average driver doesn't know all their car's limitations b ecause they don't meet some of them. With ancient vehicles you get to meet them all soon enough, and develop the necessary paranoid attitude to drivin g.

Your average driver to day knows absolutely nothing about motor cars.

You don't need to now much these days. About the only thing you do need to know is how to do the tyres and top up the washers. The computer monitors the rest. Also the cars are far more reliable than they were 20 years ago.