Abstract

The aim of this work is analyzing the legal relevance of the bicycle in a social rule of law, as well as the poor and unfortunate legal attention that has been paid to this mode of transport. Its social role has been limited, at least in Spain, to being a toy and a casual instrument of leisure, combined with the political function of extolling patriotic sporting achievements of illustrious cyclists. Until recently, the bicycle suffered a social stigma as a vehicle linked to a status of poverty and insufficient resources to buy a car, of inability to thrive. This social contempt has been reflected in its legal regulation, as will be seen later. It seems however that something is changing presently, mainly at the local government level

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