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Bike number plates: dumb idea redux

By ⋅ April 5, 2007 ⋅ 10 comments

Leader Newspapers finds another non-story on cycling, this time in Preston.

Number plates for bikes? Yeah, good one Ken.

By ⋅ July 31, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

The suggestion by London’s Mayor that bikes should be registered and display number plates is an utterly ridiculous idea. It would be too costly, unenforceable, and detrimental to the broader social benefits of cycling. Let’s hope this one goes the way of most politicians’ promises.

Baron wants cyclists to pay up

By ⋅ April 24, 2006 ⋅ One comment

A member of the UK House of Lords is promoting the idea of registration and number plates for bikes. This idea is so dumb it’s hardly worth reponding to – but (sigh) here we go again.

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