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Originally Posted by Pierre
we have police, pcso, and council officers, all with the ability to issue on the spot fines.
So we can enforce it.
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No you can't ,how do you enforce little jonny riding 40yrds to the shop ,at what age should the test be applicable ,where would it be applicable and how would you identify those who took the test and those who didn't
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Who mentioned mandatory insurance? I didn't. But you'd wise to have some.
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quite a few in this thread
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I don't think some guy cycling down the A20 at 6.30 in the morning is doing it for fun though.
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No probably not but the same guy possibly cycles on tow paths and cycle routs in his spare time and should he be forced to get insurance and pass tests then he will most likely give up cycling to work and use public transport ,now times that by a few hundred thousand and that means more buses on the road forcing more cars out of city centres and adding to congestion
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No it makes sense to build cycle routes. Bicycles and cars should not be sharing the same piece of Tarmac.
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Agreed more cycle routes are needed but at the moment the only space to found is either by removing car lanes or narrowing pedestrian footpaths and I know which will sacrificed.
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If they do, there person on the bicycle should be proficient in riding it in traffic, therefore they must be trained and tested and licenced.
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Which just takes us around in circles,most cyclists in city centres do know the rules but there will always be idiots ,as there are with car drivers the big difference is that the cyclist idiot is usually the one to lose their life the idiot car driver is usually the one that costs the cyclist their life