Transportation Secretary Grant Shaps warns of road law changes as cyclists face penalties for not adhering to 20 mph speed limit issued.
Less than two weeks after he vowed to create a "dangerous bicycle death" law that would treat murderous cyclists the same as motorists, Mr. Shaps was on the road. said he wanted to stop certain behaviors in
Welwyn Hatfield MP told his Daily Mail:
Grant Shapps proposed changes to cycling laws in early August (Aaron Chown/PA)
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We want to enforce a speed limit on cyclists, especially if the number of roads increases and there is a 20 mph limit, cyclists can easily exceed it.
``Obviously, that leads me to the question: Do I need license plates and insurance? is actually tracked.”
Speed limits in the Highway Law and Road Traffic Law apply only to motor vehicles and their drivers. Local governments can impose speed limits on cyclists, but they are rarely done.
... Why Cyclists Break Road Laws, Why Should They Speed Up, Why Should they bust the red light and get away with it?
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Department of Transportation PA news agency.
Department officials acknowledged in an email that the alerted measure would require cyclists to wear license plates or other identifying marks for enforcement purposes. I don't want to stop riding my bike," the Secretary of Transportation said in an email, adding: Since the Covid-19 outbreak of cycling, I believe cycling has many health benefits.
"But I don't understand why cyclists break the road laws, why they have to speed up, and why they ignore red lights so they can escape.
}"I don't think we should turn a blind eye to that. I'm proposing to set up reviews to do just that."
That That was after Mr. Shaps pledged to create a "death from dangerous cycling" law.
The move would close a legal loophole where a cyclist who kills a pedestrian would be jailed for only two years.
It has been four years since the government held consultations on the proposed new crime of causing death or serious injury while cycling.
Shaps wrote earlier this month in his Mail+ that he believes a "selfish minority" of cyclists is "immune" to red lights.
"The cycling equivalent of dangerous driving deaths is needed to close the legal gap and to impress cyclists with the real harm they can cause when speed and carelessness are combined." ' he said.
Under Mr Shaps' proposal, new legislation will be added to the transportation bill, which is due to be submitted toCongressin the fall.
But Mr Shaps himself may not be taking on the role of current minister in next month's new prime minister's cabinet reshuffle.
