The problem, as always, is that it’s not the legitimate sports people causing the problem. MX bikes certainly do get driven on the road - quite a lot in my locale - but always by the local scroats, and never by people treating MC as a sport.
If you made it a requirement to register MX bikes, all of the legitimate users would do it, at additional hassle and expense, but none of the scroats would bother.
Think of it this way. Golf clubs have been used as weapons by thugs. Should we all have to register our clubs because of idiots who have nothing to do with the sport of golf?
The problem, as always, is that it’s not the legitimate sports people causing the problem. MX bikes certainly do get driven on the road - quite a lot in my locale - but always by the local scroats, and never by people treating MC as a sport.
If you made it a requirement to register MX bikes, all of the legitimate users would do it, at additional hassle and expense, but none of the scroats would bother.
Think of it this way. Golf clubs have been used as weapons by thugs. Should we all have to register our clubs because of idiots who have nothing to do with the sport of golf?
