Pedlar Meddlers
Councillors call for ban on 'Del Boy' pedlars - Telegraph
Councils say trading by pedlars is a growing problem on local high streets due to outdated and confusing regulations, which offer little protection to consumers. The 1871 and 1881 Pedlars Acts established the rules for pedlars....
If pedlars have been operating under the same rules for over 125 years why is suddenly a growing problem, why the demand for urgent action and new laws? If you buy a £1 umbrella from a man on the corner do you really need the full protection of consumer rights? You know it's crap, but it will probably keep you dry until you get to the office. When things have been unchanged for so long there is a certain Darwinian interpretation of the need for change, there isn't one.