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Old April 7th 21, 11:43 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Jeff Liebermann
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:48:59 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote:

On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 2:17:13 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 10:16:14 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote:
Where do you draw the line -- particularly with an aging, distracted
population that now spends most of its time looking at tiny video displays.
(...)


You're not safe until you're equipped with ALL the necessary safety
gadgets and gizmos:
http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/crud/Bicycle-Safety.jpg
Hmmm... no Covid-19 mask.


Oddly, CPSC standards are minimal, although the reflector standards
are weird and usually disregarded.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manuf...e-Requirements
And they apply to the sale of bicycles and have nothing to do with the
operation of bicycles. Equipment required to operate on the road is
dictated by local law.
-- Jay Beattie.


https://www.cpsc.gov/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Voluntary-Standards/Topics/Bicycles
"U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff
is participating in voluntary standard activities..."

Note the word "voluntary". Once the various voluntary standards are
ossified in ASCII, it only takes a little editing and a quick vote of
the local government(s), and they become law and are made mandatory.
That's how we got the local building codes from what was originally
the NFPA voluntary recommendations for fire-safe construction. Today,
bicycle safety recommendations may be a voluntary cartoon joke.
Tomorrow, they might be the law. In any case, it would not take much
inspiration for a manufacturer of bicycle accessories to morph into a
bicycle safety hardware supplier and encourage the sales of his
products by accelerating the transition from cartoon to law.

You're going to be safe, even if it kills you. (I forgot from where I
stole that).

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