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Here's some food for thought from the Guardian ... for those who moan about the cost of cycle lanes. "It’s simple financial common sense. The cost of 1km of cycle track is paid off in five years by the health benefits of users getting more exercise. Car traffic drops by 10% on these stretches...

Because that's what the law says. Parliament sets the law and if there was a parliamentary will to do, then cyclists wouldn't be exempt. From Hansard 7 March 2013 Earl Attlee (Whip, House of Lords; Conservative) Cyclists are not subject to the general prohibition on exceeding the maximum speed...

There's no need for any form of redress: for obvious reasons, there's no speed limit for cyclists. Different vehicles have different speed limits - there are different ones for coaches than for cars for example. You can't take the limit for one vehicle and apply to another

There are 30m drivers in the UK and, according to an RAC survey, 83% of respondents admit to breaking speed limits regularly. So that's about 25m drivers who admit breaking the law (and that's the ones who admit to it). According to the national travel survey, there are 3m cyclists in the UK, so...