New strict rules are being brought in for pedicabs – what are they?

The loud, colourful and generally obnoxious vehicles will no longer be freely taking up precious space on pavements (Picture: Ray Tang/LNP/REX/Shutterstock)

Congratulations Londoners. From next month, pedicabs will be subject to much stricter conditions.

The loud, colourful and generally obnoxious vehicles will no longer be freely taking up precious space on pavements, lurking outside tourist traps ready to take a mum and her children back to the hotel for more than £100.

But they have not just ripped customers off.