[Talk-GB] Roller skates, was Dodgy bicycle tagging

[Tony Shield]

Hi

Looking at the new Highway Code on the governments website the law for 
cycles is based upon


      Rule 64

You *MUST NOT* cycle on a pavement.

*Laws HA 1835 sect 72 <cid:part1.9opFrHca.BK8M7tPT at gmail.com> & R(S)A 
sect 129 <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/section/129>*

I can see no reference to manual scooters or roller skates in the 
Highway Code. The HA 1835 sect 72 refers to riding on footpaths  - and 
this is the basis for cycling. It is a small legal step to infer/imply 
that manual scooters and roller skates and skateboards will fall foul of 
this law - it can be argued that they are riding.

Footpath is for foot passengers, anything else especially with wheels is 
not permitted unless specifically permitted.

In practice unless someone complains, gets hurt or anything gets damaged 
then infractions are often ignored.

This is for England and Wales only.  Scotland in that reference above is 
written quite differently and specifically mentions pedal cycles - but 
that is my only observation for Scotland.

Back to the original point - my view is that if a footway along side a 
road has permitted cyclists then it should be mapped as a separate 
cycleway/footway even if it is only separated by a kerb.

Wonder how hover boards will be treated . . . . .. ?

Tony Shield - Tonys999

On 19/04/2022 13:12, Jon Pennycook via Talk-GB wrote:
> Non-electric scooters too, although they've progressed down from 
> marketing execs at tech firms in the 90s to children now. I suspect 
> non-electric scooters and rollerblades would be treated the same.
>
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2022, 12:31 Martin Wynne, <martin at 85a.uk> wrote:
>
>     What is the UK legal and OSM situation with regard to roller skates?
>
>     An article recently suggested sales of roller skates are booming.
>
>     Is it legal to use roller skates on a public footpath? On a
>     cycleway? On
>     a bridleway?
>
>     Physically of course it needs a hard surface, but that is a separate
>     issue to the legal access.
>
>     As far as I can find, the only wiki reference to roller skates is
>     as a
>     sport, such as a roller skating rink:
>
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dskateboard
>
>     Whereas it seems they are now being regarded as a means of transport:
>
>     https://youtu.be/ijpuMVgxDlo
>
>     Is roller_skates=yes ok on a highway?
>
>     Martin.
>
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