Cyclists: is it time for tougher laws?

MPs vote to back harsher penalties for dangerous road-use by cyclists

Cyclists training in Regent's Park
MPs have voted for harsher punishments for cyclists who cause death or serious injuries
(Image credit: Gavin Rodgers / Alamy Stock Photo)

It's early morning and, in central London, "the sun rises sleepily" over Regent's Park's lake and lawns, said Esther Addley in The Guardian. But on the road that encircles the park, the atmosphere is anything but lazy. 

With cars banned until 7am, scores of cyclists are pedalling furiously around the Outer Circle. Many are en route to work, others are members of cycle clubs doing timed laps in groups. 

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