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Yes but proportionally, how many cyclists have 'training' and how many lorry drivers have 'training'?? It must be 9999:1 or something! So what exactly are you advocating, that the HGV license should be harder to obtain? What exactly are you basing this poorly trained thing on..
Whilst I agree training can only be a good thing, I think it's best left to the very inexperienced who don't feel safe on the roads. To get everyone trained would be a logistical nightmare .. there are 20 million bikes in this country, how many resources would it for all riders to be trained? And even then, how many lives will be saved because of it? Do you really think it's worth it?
I think, for the amount of HGV traffic that is in the UK, the accident rate is pretty good. It could be far far higher. And, as you said, it's on a downwards trend (something i think you'd find hard to link to an increase in cycle training). If you're choosing to travel on 2 wheels, you're choosing to travel by more vulnerable means. That isn't to say that bigger vehicles don't have a duty of care to other road users, but accidents will happen, there are inherent dangers and you will always come off worse when bad shit happens.