Member

My amendments are all about the prevention of casualties and dangerous situations by holding cyclists to account for their bad behaviour. Amendments 341A to 341D and 342A to 342F propose that, when a cyclist commits a road traffic offence and they have a driving licence, penalty points should be added to their driving licence for the offence committed on a cycle, and then, should they achieve enough points, they may be banned from driving where that is appropriate. You could say that that was unfair, given that there are those who do not hold a driving licence. However, 75% of the adult population hold a licence and, of those who do not, many are trying to get one or have ceased driving because of infirmity. Surely the health benefits to pedestrians of such a penalty-point system outweigh the risks involved. In any case, the removal of careless cyclists from driving a motor vehicle is a positive road safety advantage.