Restrictions on cyclists now being discussed at Ministerial level.

[PaulB]

I don't know if this is serious enough to warrant posting in the news and current affairs thread but it certainly bothered me enough to bring attention to it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-registration-numbers-insurance.html#comments

I despise the Heil but the old adage of you should keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer - so you know what the buggers are up to, is more relevant than ever so I was particularly concerned about this.

This cycling-hating rag is claiming ministers are looking at ways to restrict our freedoms and introduce speed limits on bikes. In order to persecute - and prosecute - the miscreants, bikes will need a form of ID so they can receive appropriate punishment. That ID is to be a visible registration number. This is being discussed by Grant Shapps at the department of Transport. Doubtless to give his tory acolytes something to cheer.

The Guardian think it's worth noting as well. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-for-cyclists-on-table-in-review-of-road-laws

 

[alicat]

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[Hover Fly]

It’s been proposed before, it’s been dismissed as impracticable before.

 

[ianrauk]

Totally unworkable. It would cost millions to implement and enforce.
And what about little Jimmy aged 5 getting his first bike, would he have to registration for his?
It would just be ignored by the cycle owning populace.

 

[Joffey]

It was a bad news day for Truss and the current Government, what with the Cost of Living and inflations predicted to rise to over 10%. So The Mail can't report on that, so they go for the cyclists again.

I don't believe a word. It is just deflection and the stoking up of culture wars. It will never happen. And these ministers might not even be around in a month.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

It is just deflection and the stoking up of culture wars.

True, but it also adds to the general climate with more motorists believing cyclists are not entitled to exist, so more of us intimidated, injured and dead.

These people are absolutely without any moral compass. It saddens me they have supporters.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I read a couple of paragraphs, its the daily mail, its the usual drivel.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

This is from 2016.

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-06-07/39576

 

[markemark]

It’s an interview from Shapps to the DM telling them what they wanted to hear from a man who’ll be out of a job as the transport secretary in a couple of weeks.

 

[PeteXXX]

I wonder, if it ever happens..., whether you will be able to get personalised plates?
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[PeteXXX]

It’s an interview from Shapps to the DM telling them what they wanted to hear from a man who’ll be out of a job as the transport secretary in a couple of weeks.

But, apparently, he's going to forward the idea to the new Transport Minister who will hopefully kick it into the long grass.

 

[PaulB]

Well it's made the Guardian and was/is on the headlines on GMTV so it's too big to ignore now.

 

[Joffey]

Well it's made the Guardian and was/is on the headlines on GMTV so it's too big to ignore now.

It'll be ignored tomorrow when the news overtakes this story and we are all talking about inflation again.

It will never happen - despite what we see in newspapers.

 

[Rooster1]

Unreal. Speed breaking, red light jumping ?? !!!!

 

[Beebo]

RIP Darius