"Could this be any more silly. Pedestrians are killed in collisions with other pedestrians. Did I read that right?"You read it right Maggie. In 2021 (most recent year for mortality data), 8 people died from being bumped into or pushed (excluding assaults). All were aged over 75, and 3 were over 90.In 2021, one person died from a collision with a cyclist - and that was a non traffic accident (i.e. not on a public road) and the victim was aged 80-84.You appear to believe that the biggest danger to vulnerable pedestrians is cyclists and that requires the extraordinary measure of requiring them all to wear registration plates on hi-vis tabards and a huge enforcement operation to ensure they comply.Yet 8 times more people died in 2021 from collisions with other people, so why is it **more** stupid to require anyone walking in the street to wear hi-vis with clearly visible registration plates?And that's excluding all the other crime that pedestrians commit with impunity because they cannot be identified.Not just assaults in the street, but shoplifting, muggings, drunk and disorderly offences, sexual offences - and the anti social crimes of littering and allowing their dogs to poo in the street.I'm not suggesting that pedestrians should be forced to wear number plates. I'm not even suggesting that pedestrians over 75 be forced to wear helmets to reduce injuries and deaths. I am saying these types of measures for pedestrians are about as stupid, unenforceable, illiberal and unnecessary as mandating them for cyclists.That's because a pedal bike isn't the same as an SUV, it poses negligible risk to others so it doesn't need to be regulated the same.
Ed Saper ● 1084d