You’ll be glad to know that Britain is planning for bicycle registration, license plates, insurance requirements and drivers licenses/testing for over 16s.
Only way to go.
And by the way, bikers will be rquired to follow the vehicle code the same as all other drivers.
That’s fine as long as vehicle drivers give bikes the same respect as cars.
No way in our USA city will I bike on a main road with traffic when there’s an adjoining sidewalk. And yes, I regularity go through stop signs and even red lights when there’s no traffic. I have one safety rule for cars: Trust no one until you know they see you.
Bike-friendly Vilnius Lithuania has separate lanes and traffic lights for bikes.
So used to see them riding on sidewalks.
Remember an incident in Newport Beach. A lady was knocked down by a biker riding on the sidewalk. A police lieutenant commented "the rider probably felt safer on the sidewalk than on the road" LOL!