Road Safety Bill [HL]

This is the third of the   visibility amendments and perhaps not the strongest of the three. I go along with the noble Lord, Lord   Hanningfield. I wish that all cyclists were lit. Far too many are riding around without any lights at all. Sometimes I see people cycling with flashing or pulsating lights attached to their helmets, rucksacks or visibility belts. I presume that that is not lawful. I wonder whether the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, will be able to tell us about that. As somebody who has been a cyclist over many years I have often wondered why the fitting of lights to bicycles is not a compulsory part of the construction. There is no guarantee that they would continue to work for ever but it would be a good start.