neverwas wrote:
It seems reasonable to me. Though if they restrict it to cyclists,
the usual whinging will come from the motoring lobby who get ****ed
off when they don't have equal rights to cyclists.

The answer is, get a bike. And STFU :-)

And the other part of that answer is for pedestrians to be allowed by
law to carry golfing umbrellas, stout walking sticks etc and to insert
them in the spokes of the wheels of cyclists who jump the lights, ride
on pavements etc. After all, the cyclists in question can't possibly
believe that it would do them any harm as they make clear they believe
they are a superior race.

It'd do wonders for the economy as well: just think of all those job
vacancies created!

I suggested something similar a few months ago, and the whinging
*******s in URC insisted that I was being 'disproportionate'. Odd,
innit, that this disproportion thing only applies to car drivers
exposing cyclists to harm, and not to cyclists exposing pedestrians to
the same