And that is partly why accident rates go up.
Welcome to the brave new world, you can thank bike journalists for ushering in the precursor to the motorist style regulation of cyclists – despite the vast majority of users on pinkbike, mtbr, nsmb etc who **** hate them.
Ya’ll better get used to having number plates on your bikes. Compared to the prevailing opinions in the journo world – I was right about 650b+, I was right about 29ers, I’ll put 10 quid on being right about e-bikes as well.
Remember folks, when forming an opinion of how humans (ie the public) will react – it’s the lowest common denominator that wins.