RULES FOR WOMEN CYCLISTS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2659, 12 May 1908, Page 7

RULES FOR WOMEN CYCLISTS.

. ■> ■ 77 JP I In some foreign countries and cities there are rules and regulations for women cyclists which are decidedly quaint, according to our way of thinking. Russian women are not allowed to own cycles except by Royal permission, and it is sparingly given. In fact, until comparatively lately, there have been but few Russian wheel-women, - and the majority of these belonged to the Royal family In France women cyclists are plentiful, but a curious law exists which prevents a married woman joining a touring club unless fche can present a signed declaration from her husband that he is willing that she should do so. In Germany women cyclists are obliged to pass an examination before the city police, showing that they have perfect contiol of their machines, before they can obtain permission to ride in the streets, and they must carry with them their license on their cycles. In Vienna no wheel woman is allowed to take her hands from the handle-bar while riding in the streets, and in Florence the fair cyclist is compelled to carry two bells on her machine to warn pedestrians of her vicinity. These rules are all for the special benefit (?) of women, and do not apply to men, who, doubtless, are considered more capable of controlling the vagaries of the giddy wheel.