Re: @ElReg!comments!Pierre = @Hugh Pumphrey - Track Stand? Bah.
"So, sorry, but in the UK, provided the vehicle comes to a complete halt, whether or not the rider puts their foot down, they have complied with the law."
If you're track standing, the bicycle is likely wobbling (unless you can achieve some zen state of balance), meaning it's not halted (which in my dictionary defines it as "motionless") because you're still moving from side to side, which as other commenters have noted is still enough to affect other vehicles, even to the point of smashing their windows.
So in order to be properly halted, you need to be motionless and stable relative to the ground, and just as one cannot define a plane in geometry on two points, so one cannot maintain a stable position on the ground with fewer than three nonlinear contacts. Since the wheels can provide no more than two, you must provide the third contact point to show you're motionless and stable. Put it this way. Would you like to see a motorcyclist on heavy bike attempting the same feat in heavy traffic?
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