Target pavement cyclists, say MPs

the discussion should be about why are there so many kids/adults riding on the pavement? not some lazy-arsed finger pointing by chauffeur driven numpties.
the answer sadly is that so many 'normal' riders are shit scared of riding on the roads, and for all the cycle training in the world, they arent gonna start unless the thing that causes the fear:- the volume of traffic, is reduced.

Sorry, but i'm calling bullshit on this.

Let's imagine everyone ditched their big horrible polar ice cap melting cars and everyone got the bus/tube. Now there are obviously going to have to be more buses brought in with the extra demand, and therefore much more buses for these vunerable cyclists to contend with, I rarely get worried when a car is very close to me, or i'm between two cars, but that's definitely not the case when a bus just misses me, or i'm stuck between two buses.

They need to start cycling on quiet roads, get used to dealing with other road users, gradually work their way onto larger and busier roads and soon enough they'll be fine cycling through central London or whatever city they're based in.