Controversy in the UK: mandatory license plates and insurance for bicycles?

Controversy continues to grow in the UK: will license plates and insurance for bicycles be required? The latest opinion comes from Apart from Saxby, Conservative MP and co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling and Walking Group. His opinion at PoliticsHome has been blunt: “This obligation is not going to reach our bikes in the short term.”

Controversy arose from the comments Minister of Transportation and it has caused a great national debate in the UK about the obligation of all bicycles to be registered and have mandatory insurance. Of course, such a radical move would have certain advantages, such as the tax collection it would lead to. But it’s also a brake on the expansion of bicycle use. and everything in the midst of an energy crisis that is more than real.

YesElaine Saxby explained that the Minister of Transportation himself, Shapps . Grant, has guaranteed that these measures are not part of any plan in the short term. Saxby himself has shown that the UK needs legislation that not only does not harm cycling but also encourages the use of bicycle transport for the health benefits and energy savings that come with it.

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