“This reform seems to be more about stopping the spread of bicycles than increasing safety on the roads” Cyclists blast Italian government’s “extremely worrying” plans to introduce bike registration plates and insurance cycling
– which would be a first for Europe – are “extremely worrying” in a country which instead requires a “structural and educational commitment” to ensure the safety of its most vulnerable road users.
“This reform seems to be more about stopping the spread of bicycles than increasing safety on the roads,” the association said.simply have the effect of discouraging people to ride bikes , and challenged Salvini to “name one country in the world which obliges the use of helmet, number plate, insurance, and indicators for bikes: certainly in no country that promotes the bicycle as a means of transport”.
Bikeitalia also noted the minister’s apparent hypocrisy by highlighting how his mantra of “we won’t put our hands in the pockets of Italians” – which has led him to cutting excise duties on petrol and opposing speed cameras – doesn’t appear to stretch to cyclists.
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