I haven't made excuses for it since I don't think there is one. It is only the frequency that we disagree on and therefore the impact that justifies licensing. I assure you that if cyclists were injuring or killing proportionately even a tenth of the same number as motorised vehicles (on or off pavements), I would be agreeing that the time to license had come.

In fact, my initial post was suggesting a way of countering the most commonly given reason (that of fear and lack of confidence) by suggesting ways of making the available cycle training better known. There is no part of me agreeing that cyclists have any right to be on a non-shared footpath nor denying that even on a shared footpath that the pedestrian still has right of way.