mileburner  posted
>If you made other forms of transport more difficult and expensive, this
>would lead to a greater take up of cycling. If that meant going through the
>hassle of getting instruction and registering and the benefits outweighed
>this, it would not matter too much to the cyclist.

Of course it would matter to him. He would have all the extra hassle and 
expense of getting instruction and registering, which he didn't before.

The fact that (in your scenario) this might be preferable to using other 
transport doesn't negate the fact that the cyclist is much worse off 
than he was before these measures were introduced.

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Les
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order to protect their own interests.