'At last cyclists will be accountable for their actions': Motorists and taxi drivers say 'long overdue' plan for 'reckless' rider crackdown will improve road safety with cyclists forced to have number plates, insurance and obey 20mph speed limits
Mrs H and I see many examples of poor road use by cyclists. The worst in recent months was a cyclist trying to overtake me while I was navigating past light-controlled road works. Insanely risky for him, but fortunately I saw him in my mirror, slowed right down and allowed the loon to pass.
Many driver must have similar examples to relate, but even if this proposal is squashed for now, we seem to be well past the point where a constantly expanding bureaucratic juggernaut can be stopped. If we accept zero tolerance towards all public safety issues, then there is no way to exert any kind of democratic control over the central bureaucracy.
We may as well be cynical here as well - the proposal closes a gap in the opportunities to be a police informer on our roads. Motorists can inform on each other via dashcams. Cyclists can inform on motorists in a similar way. With this new proposal, motorists will be able to inform on cyclists.
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Number plates for bikes? No, this will be the entry point for 24/7 electronic surveillance of all vehicles, and what better sweetener for motorists than as a way to put one over on cyclists.
No, I think number plates will be impossible to enforce. They will have to be the size of car plates to be captured on camera, and this would affect the performance of the bike. The serious cyclists spend a fortune on cutting down drag and weight as it is. As Mr. Fisher says, this is likely to be some kind of electronic tag for all vehicles.
A nice little earner for the treasury, though.
It occurs to me that if you had inflation over 10%, young people never being able to afford their own home, fuel bills over £4k pa, joke public services, decreasing trust in the government and authority in general, and you wanted to just tip people over the edge into open revolt...
Mr Fisher - I'm sure you are right. Electric bikes, scooters and even disability scooters could be included.
Sam - the trouble is, tipping people over the edge mostly seems to be a case of voting for the other lot although this winter could become interesting.
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