When is a motorcycle a bicycle and a motorcycle not a bicycle?

[MicrosoftBob]

When it's a fish ?

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

A Puch Maxi is not a motorcycle it's a moped. Short for motor assisted pedal cycle, usually ridden by dodgy old men who like to hang around the school gates, with Phil Collins, blasting away, on the Walkman.

[Gumbo Robot]

In Bristol, one may ride a motorbike in bus lanes. In Brighton one generally may not, with some exceptions, AFAIK it's permitted in two places only.

Yes, I use them & you really need your wits about you

You normally end up undertaking a load of stationary traffic. There are also lots of adjoining roads off to the left & what has happened several times now is that one of the cars in the queue that I'm undertaking lets a car through from the opposite stream of traffic who is wanting to turn right.

I never see any of this until right at the last moment when he's cutting across my path. Probably even more dangerous on a pushbike - at least my m/c has decent brakes.

[BrilloPad]

I am sure Les Dennis told that joke once. But I forgot the punchline.

[DaveB]

Firstly, learn to spell before you have the unmitigated audacity to make disparaging remarks about my assertions.

Secondly, the taxation class of a motorcycle is a bicycle. If you dispute this, I've got an old tax disc from my Puch Maxi that clearly states this & I more than willing to upload a scan to Dropbox and provide a link here.

I can correct my spelling, you are always going to be a

[original PM]

Yes, I use them & you really need your wits about you

You normally end up undertaking a load of stationary traffic. There are also lots of adjoining roads off to the left & what has happened several times now is that one of the cars in the queue that I'm undertaking lets a car through from the opposite stream of traffic who is wanting to turn right.

I never see any of this until right at the last moment when he's cutting across my path. Probably even more dangerous on a pushbike - at least my m/c has decent brakes.

Saw this happen in Liverpool luckily the motorbikist was okay

but from where I was sat it was really difficult to say who was at fault

Car was being let out and was checking for other vehicles - however motorbike was moving at approx. 25 miles per hour so almost as soon as the car had put their nose out to have a look the biker was on them and over the bonnet -- for me the motorcyclist should not have been doing 25 when rest of traffic was stationary - maybe 10 mph would have avoided the accident.