Cycling: Children

(asked on 9th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance on the safe use of bicycle trailers to provide a minimum level of safety for children being towed by bicycles on the roads.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 12th June 2014

The Department has no current plans to issue guidance on the safe use of trailers on bicycles. However children should be transported safely and securely and trailers should be in a roadworthy condition before being used on the highway.

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