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Petition · past parliament

All cyclists registered with a visible number and have publicliability Inusrance

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

All cyclist need insurance and registration to protect other road users and pedestrians. We need a way to recognise them when causing injury, accident and jumping crossings. There behaviour is a time outrageous as they know they cannot be traced and reported as easily as a vehicle
Seeing them jump lights and near missing pedestrians or cutting dangerously into traffic especially into London. There needs to be protection when they scratch cars or run into ppl and some form of ID

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make it law that cyclists have to have insurance the same as car drivers
Train all cyclist's to use the roads safely.
cyclists to undertake theory and road tests and pay road tax and be insured

Timeline

30 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
3 Aug 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Aug 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.