This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition To make it mandatory for bicycles to have bells or alert mechanism.
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To pass a law to make it compulsory to fit bells to all bikes sold in the UK.
Being a pedestrian is becoming more dangerous due to more cyclists. Having bells on bikes is an easy way of making it safer to be a pedestrian.
Why was this petition rejected?
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/637202
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