Cyclists who commit road traffic offences face having penalty points endorsed on their driving licence under a proposal being considered by ministers.Former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Hogan-Howe suggested the move during a debate on cycling in the House of Lords.
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00:00And of course the provision of licenses, which you could argue could be quite a
00:03complex bureaucratic thing, but actually you could just add another
00:07category onto a driving license, you could give what were termed grandfather
00:11rights at the end of the second world war in terms of cyclists already, you
00:14could test later. But I ask therefore for the license to be
00:17withdrawn in the event of bad behavior by a cyclist and disqualify that person
00:22from cycling.