In the past week, the chief of police for Berlin....has come out and said he wants bicycles in the city to have 'tags' (like car-tags).
Chief logic? Well....this goes to two things: (1) a lot more bike traffic around the city if you compared things to two or three decades ago, and (2) a lot more violations of law than noted in the previous decades.
The odds that the general public will agree to this? I'd say pretty near zero acceptance. To get the SPD, Greens and Linke Party (the group running the city presently) to agree to this? Also near zero (particularly if you asked Green Party enthusiasts).
If you haven't been around Germany since the 1980s....this bicycle topic is probably one of the bigger topics in large urban areas now. For every bicyclist I would have noted in 1985....there's probably ten 'bikers' on the street today (my humble opinion).
The violation discussion? If you wander off into any shopping zone/district (doesn't matter on city).....there are various signs up to note it's a non-rider area (you can push your bike through but riding it is forbidden).
Some cities (Mainz is a good example) have added bike lanes and tried to make the urban area more bike-friendly.
With the tag thing? I think you'd see the police mount unmanned cameras and try to use them to get the numbers off the bikes and simply mail a traffic ticket to the rider, and avoid arguments with bicyclists.
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