Let's play a thought experiment where it wasn't bicycles that were exempt from lockdown restrictions, it was motorcycles and scooters.

People would be digging out step-thru Honda C90s for nipping to the shops.

I'd be doing meals-on-wheels runs with the sidecar. ../1

People would be able to use their bikes to get to work in cities instead of risking infection on the trains

All the Just Eat and Deliveroo guys would be bringing food to you in super quick time.

Lads (and lasses) would be able to have a go on 50cc mopeds without fear ../2

Over-70s chaps would be able to have a gentle run on their vintage BSAs or Sunbeams without getting knocked off by inattentive drivers.

It would be a return to the "Golden Age" of motorcycling, when you met the nicest people on a Honda

Do you think we'd get £2billion?

Do you think people would remember that motorcyclists are officially recognised as "vulnerable road users" by the DfT and offer to build us our own special travel lanes?