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Requiring cyclists to have number plates is just going to discourage cycling. It will cost millions to organise, will the DVLA take on this new responsibility?

Requiring cyclists to have number plates is just going to discourage cycling. It will cost millions to organise, will the DVLA take on this new responsibility? Do scooters count? Roller blades? A 5 year old rolling around their neighbourhood? It will push more people back into their cars resulting in a more unhealthy population running over more pedestrians, and to top it off, motorists have to be registered and that doesn't seem to discourage breaking traffic rules en masse. So basically, costs a lot of money and result in more deaths - for what benefit?

lifeisstillgood 7y ago
>>> and that doesn't seem to discourage breaking traffic rules en masse. Seriously I drive and I cycle. I have in twenty years never seen one person jump a queue and take a red light past a line of other stopped cars. I see it daily on a bike. The degree of rule breaking is orders of magnitude greater. And no I don't think it's a waste - although I do think it will take deaths before the impetus grows. I mean I had a valid number plate made in two minutes by a caravan sales person today, the ANPR cameras not only exist but actually are in place on the junctions, and if you really want you can start crowd sourcing it on the most dangerous sections. PS Scooters clearly should not count - they should just be banned and anyone over the age of 30 on one simply jailed for twenty years till they grow up ;-)