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Road Safety Bill [HL]

I very much support the amendment because it is about standardisation and ease of enforcement. Both are greatly needed given that, in many cases—and obviously with notable exceptions—the behaviour of cyclists is so horrendous. On several occasions at Question Time in your Lordships’ House we have had several replies about the number of motorcycle accidents and deaths and the number of motorcyclists who occupy National Health Service wards. I do not believe that we have had a Question or an Answer about pedal cyclists, but I suspect that the rate of accidents is very high with very serious injuries to the cyclists themselves. It is very rare that the motorist will be harmed. Therefore any measure of this nature—particularly at night-time—that will make cyclists more visible in a standardised and enforceable way is greatly to be desired.