When is a bike no longer a bike? Outcome of Cork traffic case rides on Garda testimony

Garda Lynch prosecuted 28-year-old Willian Dos Santos on two charges of having neither a licence nor insurance for the ‘vehicle’.

Garda Paul Lynch said the device the defendant was riding was a mechanically propelled vehicle. File photo: Wikipedia

When is a bicycle no longer a bicycle?

That was the debate that was peddled at Cork District Court in an unusual case where it was argued that a bicycle was no longer a bicycle.