" wrote:

Colin, I understand what you say about impracticality of "local"
legally-enforced bike registration; i.e. it would have to be national
or nothing.

Why? The congestion charge applies to any vehicle entering central
London no matter where in the UK they're from. I don't see legally
why it couldn't be possible to legislate that anyone operating a
bicycle in Greater London must register so long as it were reasonable
easy for people from outside London to register, perhaps have an
office at each mainline terminus where you could register and obtain a
plate or be able to order a plate to be sent through the post.

I know there's not a hope of Ken getting this through, but as a
pedestrian who walks from Cannon Street to Clerkenwell and back every
working day and sees cyclists riding on pavements and through red
lights every such day, I'd love to see it happen.
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Roy