Cyclists in Italy will need indicators, insurance and license plates in new law
deputy PM and minister for transport Matteo Salvini announced the measures on Wednesday in a bid to reduce the number of deaths caused by road accidents.
Mr Salvini proposed changes to the Italian Highway Code including action on soft mobility vehicles such as bicycles and electric scooters.The 50-year-old cited an example of a boy on a scooter killed by another riding a motorbike in Brescia, northern Italy, as one of the reasons for the measures. He said the 3,210 deaths recorded last year in Italy was an"unworthy" figure of such a civilised country.
The road safety enforcements also include a lifetime ban for car drivers found to be under the influence of drugs, he said. Mr Salvini, under the right-wing Brothers of Italy party led by Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, said the bill would guarantee"more rules, more education and more safety on Italian roads".
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