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mdle

France considers bike register as part of drive to increase cycling

French cyclists would have to register their bikes on a national
database under a proposed law aimed at increasing cycle use and
reducing thefts.

Bike owners would be given a “certificate of ownership” similar to car
documents to be either presented to the police if the bicycle is
stolen or transferred with the bike when it is sold.

Each cycle frame would be marked “in a readable, indelible, permanent
and unforgeable way in a clearly visible place”, the draft text says.
The registration number will be in a form that can be verified by an
optical reader.

The proposal is part of a 25-point, €350m (£308m) “Plan Vélo” to be
unveiled by the government before the end of the year. It is expected
to come into effect in 2020 and is aimed at tripling the number of
short journeys made by bicycle by 2024.

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Howard in reply to @mdle

Presumably combined with not shooting them dead in the alps?

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mdle in reply to @Howard

One can only hope.
I do like that the plan is also pinned to a financial incentive to cycle to work.
Denmark has a tax break for cyclists and i imagine its the kind of thing required here in the UK to re-frame the entire Road Tax bs.

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