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Assuming, for one fleeting second, that the questionnaires and sampling that produce this sort of lazy journalism are accurate and representative - Just what do "car drivers" think that the outcome of enforced safety exams for cyclists would be?
I would suggest that the average ranting car driver, with spit in the corner of their mouth and an arterial clot dangerously close to causing a pulmonary embolism, wants the exam to teach cyclists to hold a line in the gutter, give way to all motorised traffic, and generally keep out of their way, reducing their need to drive observantly and responsibly.
What a shock it would be, then, when cyclists take primary, and motor vehicle drivers can no longer drive at 50 mph from queue of traffic to the next.
Cycle safety as part of the curriculum for the driving test - There's a campaign I would support. Socialising the idea that bicycles are traffic as much as motor vehicles.