THE IMPACT OF THE SPORT OF BICYCLE RIDING ON SAFETY LAW |
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| Authors: | Ross D Petty |
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| Institution: | *Professor of Marketing Law, Babson College, Babson Park, MA 02157. Tel. (781) 239–5529;FAX (781) 239–5230. E-mail: . The author teaches a course on the social impact of the bicycle. See Geoffrey Williams, Reading Riding and 'Rithmetic, BICYCLING, Jan.-Feb. 1998, at 30;Pamela Sebastian, Business Bulletin: This Bike Course Earns its Travelers College Credit, WALL ST. J., Jan. 9, 1997, at Al;Douglas Martin, Blackboard: How the BicycEe Saved Civilization, N. Y. TIMES, Aug. 4,1996, (Education Life), at 7. The author wishes to thank Paul F. Hill for research assistance and the special issue editor and anonymous reviewers for comments on an earlier draft. |
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| Abstract: | On Wednesday, a gentleman, who stated he came from Thornhill in Dunfries, was placed at the Gorbels public bar, charged with riding along the pavement on a velocipede to the obstruction of the passage, and with having, by so doing, thrown over a child. … The child who was thrown down had not sustained any injury, and under the circumstances, the offender was only fined 5 shillings. Glasgow Argus, June 9, 1842- arguably the first court decision applying safety law to the bicycle. |
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