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@andreaskam
I think you are right that cyclists can make some foolish mistakes. I think there should be a huge amount of courses available to suit people who do want to get into cycling for the first time or those that have just started and want to improve their confidence.
Perhaps you could incentivise people by providing tax free bikes if they take part in the training - this could then reduce the amount of idiocy on the road. Though I'm not certain there would be a link between training and a reduction of deaths, I would think that the deaths are more due to drivers fault as they are in possesssion of the vehicle that can harm people. Some of the people killed on the road are experienced cyclists with all the protective gear etc and there is nothing they could do to prevent the accident. I guess it takes two to tango.