In reply to UKH News:
This is a bigger problem than restricting a few lanes in the Lake District or even England - that just sends more traffic to Wales or Scotland. A piecemeal closure approach isn't going to achieve much at all, apart from driving the culprits to the places that are hardest to police. We need a UK wide solution to the problem.
I wrote a bog on this a while back - hope you don't mind me sharing it
http://mtbguiding.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/live-and-let-live-can-we/