Have you signed this

robertpb

https://submissions.epetitions.direct.g ... tions/3508

It's worth doing, might get something rolling.

Liam1611

Already done,

What the E-Petition is for

Increased Access for Mountain Bikes

Responsible department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Designating mountain bikes in the same category as horses is wrong and provides a barrier to the lawful pursuit of a healthy past-time. In many parts of the country there simply is not a legal network of trails open to cyclists, or too little to be meaningful. Cyclists should be allowed to use the footpath network to pursue the sport of mountain biking, this would help to promote activity amongst young people, especially as the roads become increasingly congested. Shared use of all paths and trails has been successful in Scotland and could be throughout the rest of the UK. It will spread the density of mountain bikers further reducing the potential for trail conflict and the (disputed) erosive impact of bikes on the trail surfaces. There are no costs involved (we don't need special gates or access) this is just a re designation exercise to make a bicycle an extension of a pedestrian on the footpath network (with the exception of roadside footways)

So sign it and pass it around and hopefully we won't be scorned upon when we're riding cheeky trails.

Regards

Liam

sparked

Signed

Beardface

Signed it last night, along with a few others

bennett_346

Signed and shared

LaAndy

Signed, and shared on the LaPierre Owners Forum

Lets spread the word!

diy

The spirit is right, but its wrong footed legally.

There is nothing restricting cyclists from riding of footpaths currently.

It would be better to ask that a review of footpaths takes place with those which can sensibly be ridden are ugraded by the LA and are added to the definitive map.

that would just require guidance and possibly a small legislative change.

We can predict the answer.

Anonymous

Got no chance against the ramblers and walkers, many of whom will have large influence in government, if not part of government themselves and are seen as more mature and responsible unlike us scruffy mountain bikers.

Still, sign it to add weight to the argument instead of just being drowned in the usual anti-bike guff from locals.

Oh, and if it got to a potential bill in parliament, the Daily Mail would be on the case for outrage in middle England on the basis that we'd be a danger to the pedestrians and that "someone should think of the children!".

diy

Eventually they will die though.

blablablacksheep

diy wrote:

Eventually they will die though.

lol .

though i dout anything happen as most judges are part of the "ramblers"/secret sex society so they have huge power behind them

jeannot18

Signed

JC
PS: Don't forget to reply to the email your receive to register your signature

The Northern Monkey

I don't like bandwaggons.

cooldad

TBH I see this e petition stuff as garbage. There are 370 pages of open petitions and 340 pages of rejected petitions.
Some that are still open:

- Stonehenge Ancestors (We support King Arthur's call for the reburial at Stonehenge of the ancient cremated human remains (known as the Guardians) held by Sheffield University) - good one this.


- the rights of all stillborn babies to be given a proper birth certificate and a death certificate regardless of gestation and better support

- Internet Explorer 6 holding back UK economy

- Don't listen to idiots signing e-petitions. (This one I signed)

I may just be cynical.

Good luck