Calls for cyclists to have their bicycles equipped with number plates have been gaining traction as a councillor suggests new ways to crack down on dangerous riders. In May, the Department for Transport announced new plans to prosecute dangerous cyclists who kill or seriously injure someone because of their actions. The Criminal Justice Bill, put forward by Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, outlined how an amendment would be made to introduce the “offence of causing death by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling, and causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate cycling”. This was done in…
