'Space for cycling' protest ride 2nd September

All the talk of cycle training supposes that a safe journey is always down to the skills of the rider, without taking into account fuckwit actions of oblivious drivers. It's all very well for the more experienced riders to have their training, but unless it's built into the National Curriculum, you're not gonna get an overnight population of competent cyclists.

At least give the novices somewhere safer to learn their skillz.

But there is so much 'monkey see, monkey do' that better riders means novices will pick up better practise passively. How many times have you seen a mass waiting at lights, then a lone wolf streams through the red , then several from the waiting mass decide that waiting is no longer the best option and they too wobble through? Then think of all the typical dick moves that are imitated and start multiplying....We lost a generation to cycling but are working to reeducate Yr5s and Yr6s, why not make the push to get it on the curriculum? Many cyclists have said how beneficial it would be to get some form of cycling as part of obtaining a driving license; this would be two birds and one stone.