Road laws should be changed so that cyclists have to abide by 20 mph speed limits or face penalties, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has proposed.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Shapps said he would “absolutely propose extending speed limit restrictions to cyclists.”
He said it “cannot be right” that there is no law preventing cyclists from breaking the speed limits for motor vehicles.
“Particularly where you’ve got 20 mph limits on increasing numbers of roads, cyclists can easily exceed those, so I want to make speed limits apply to cyclists,” he said.
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, on May 24, 2022. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Shapps said it is not his intention to “stop people from getting on their bike,” adding that cycling is “a fantastic way to travel” and has “lots of health benefits.”…