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A Lancaster cycle campaign group has said transport minister Grant Shapps is "avoiding the real issues" by announcing radical plans for cyclists.

Grant Shapps this week said he wants to close an ‘archaic’ legal hole which means riders who kill pedestrians can be jailed for a maximum of only two years.

Mr Shapps said he wants reckless cyclists to be treated the same as reckless motorists, and hit out at ‘a selfish minority’ of aggressive riders.

Under his proposal, a new law of causing death by dangerous cycling would be included in the forthcoming Transport Bill, due before Parliament in the autumn.

Grant Shapps wants to introduce new laws for cyclists.

He said: "We need the cycling equivalent of death by dangerous driving to close a gap in the law and impress on c

Lancaster group slams transport minister Grant Shapps over cycling plans