Letten;431208 Wrote: > Sure they can, but most of this kind of regulation is actually driven by > the wish to create the single market (like the US). I havn't heard about > breaking pads, but as it is a safety item I wouldn't be surprised if it > was true that they need to meet certain specifications. We actually use > our bicycles a lot overhere :-), so it matters. > > It actually makes good sense to have one set of rules instead of 24! > imagine being a manufacturer of braking pads for bicycles and you want > to sell them in Europe and each copuntry had their own set of rules. > > I'm not saying they don't go to far some times, and very often the > rules are a compromise, but I think that most of it makes sense when you > know the reasoning behind it.
why stop there? why not one WORLD gov't making rules for the entire planet? oh yeah, the mighty UN is already trying to do that. sorry, but i reject your explanation. it is lunacy to have such micro management from one power... what often happens is the rule shouldn't apply to a given LOCAL situation, but there is no recourse. btw, we also ride bicycles. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - w/sc 7.3.3b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64114 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
