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Cyclists could face 20mph speed limits and may need number plates, after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps flagged a shake-up in road laws.

Cyclists could be subject to the same rules as cars, with registration plates, compulsory insurance and license penalty points and fines for breaking speed

The Highway Code and Road Traffic Act speeding limits only apply to motor vehicles and their drivers.

Cyclists could be forced to have registration numbers, insurance and observe speed limits under a radical shake-up of road laws.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been widely condemned after announcing a plan which could force cyclists to display registration plates.

Because thats exactly what the country is crying out for right now.

The move has been welcomed by one taxi drivers association, which said the plans are long overdue and called for cyclists to be held accountable for their actions.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps wants to make roads ‘safer’ with bike number plates and 20mph speed limit

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been widely condemned after announcing a plan which could force cyclists to display registration plates.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been widely condemned after announcing a plan which could force cyclists to display registration plates.