Registration plates for cyclists being considered by UK Government

Cyclists could also need insurance under new laws and be forced to stick to speed limits

A cyclist in a bike lane in London
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Cyclists in Britain could be forced to have registration plates as well as insurance in a dramatic shake up of road laws in the United Kingdom. 

The changes in policy would also see cyclists being forced by law to stick to the same speed limits as motorists.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.