From the cab - a HGV drivers view

Any compulsory licensing or tests is likely to lead to a decrease in take-up of cycling. Agreed that training, especially for adults who have never cycled, is desirable but if the desired effect is to increase numbers of cyclists, then I have to agree with Weslito.

What **is **the desire here? To increase the number or cyclists overall, or to make it safer for those who would continue to cycle with the introduction of licensing (and potentially save the lives of those who would not)?

I think much of the problem in London is that people **just don't realize **what the dangers are and how to avoid them, because they've never been educated. A scary number of cyclists you see on the road just haven't got a clue. So maybe CBT would make a difference? I reckon many of those people would listen if given the proper instruction.
And although it would decrease the up-take of cycling, I think that licensing would mostly filter out those who do not cycle regularly, which may also make an improvement; they tend to be the least experienced on the roads.

I don't know, these are just some brainthoughts. I'm not saying I'm for it. I'm sure it would mostly be used to catch RLJ's.