Why do you highlight construction vehicles? That dizzy woman doing her lippy in the mirror of her 4×4 whilst driving is far more dangerous than a professional driver.
Because HGVs and construction vehicles are disproportionately responsible for fatalities.
They are involved in roughly half of all cyclist deaths in London, but they only make up 5% of the traffic.
If 4×4 had similar stats then I’d be calling for them to be banned as well.
It’s a totally unworkable scenario that would increase costs massively just thro paying people to work nights.
As I said, up to the haulage firms to find solutions but some possibilities might be: transfer goods to smaller vehicles for the final leg of delivery in cities; schedule city deliveries outside rush hours; use improved city-friendly HGV design; fit sensors and blindspot cameras etc
And before you jump up and down I don’t want to see cyclists in dangerous situations anymore than you.
I’m sure you don’t, I don’t think anyone does. So we need to work together to find solutions.
Some of those may involve putting lives ahead of profit.
Other cities manage it.