Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been widely condemned after announcing a plan which could force cyclists to display registration plates. His plan could involve a requirement for cyclists to display number plates and buy insurance, as well as face prosecution for breaking road speed limits. “Particularly where you’ve got 20mph limits on increasing numbers of roads, cyclists can easily exceed those, so I want to make speed limits apply to cyclists. Do you need registration plates and insurance? While local authorities can impose speed limits on cyclists, it has been rarely done.

Source: The Times August 17, 2022 16:33 UTC