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Why don't we require registration plates for cyclists?

As a 65-year-old motorist, cyclist and pedestrian, I and many others live in fear of being run over by a new generation of Olympic-crazed pedallists who have no respect for any road user including themselves. Only yesterday I observed one of these maniacs race through the town centre of Scunthorpe, through a roundabout and two sets of traffic lights set at red, creating a hazard to all and sundry. It would benefit the Treasury if a stiff registration tax was imposed with identity plates as in other countries and also a compulsory cycle test.

Asked on 9 February 2013 by CB, Caistor, Lincs

Answered by Honest John
We're not supposed to criticise them and if one of them gets run over by a truck or by a bus we're supposed to ban trucks and buses. Which countries require registration plates on pedal cycles?
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