Why regulating cyclists is unnecessary and harmful
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Why don't cyclists have compulsory licencing, training and insurance? Because it would be utterly pointless.
It doesn't really matter what you write about on the bike blog, at some point a reader will emerge with the same irascible complaint: why, oh why, they ask, should cyclists expect any sympathy – let alone special treatment – when they don't need a licence or insurance? What about number plates?