[Closed] A chilling image (cyclist v HGV, London)

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But, but.... he had pedal reflectors fitted?

plans were ongoing to create a segregated cycle route in the area to curb the number of accidents

Curb the number?

very sad news 🙁

I wonder how many more cycling and pedestrian deaths we have to accept before something actually gets done to properly sort this out?

or is it just cheaper to allow people to die from Road Traffic Collisions caused partly by structural negligence, than pay for major infrastructure changes across London and introduce rush-hour restrictions for HGV operators?

A friend who worked for a major motor vehicle manufacturer told me it was cheaper for his company to pay compensation to victims families for fatalities caused by a design flaw in a popular 4 x 4 vehicle (something like 100+ deaths in the USA alone)

than to recall, redesign, retool and manufacture said vehicle with an additional 4" to the width of the wheelbase

on a separate note. Where is London's Mayor Boris Johnson and what is he actually doing about this problem? Apart from blustering...

Or is he too busy making secret visits to Luxury property developers at Mount Pleasant?

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^^ tragic, totally tragic.

That pic clearly shows Bozzas on his bike, niiioce.

@bikebouy

yeah i noticed the helmet he was carrying straight away!

LBC radio have been running an advert for their Nick Ferrari show "ask the mayor" and one of the clips in the advert is Boris trying to blame "the media" for the cycling deaths by spreading panic among the public

Nick Ferrari of course takes him to task over this claim, during the clip!

Poor chap. RIP fellow byciclist.

ANOTHER tipper truck. very sad.

Very sad 🙁

Not directly related to this incident but is it only me who thinks that combined bus/taxi/cycle lanes are completely insane? Bus/taxi lane fine, but why put cyclists in there with buses!

Or is he too busy making secret visits to Luxury property developers at Mount Pleasant?

Whats your point caller? Brightly coloured/stand out like a sore thumb and proving hes still riding his bike.

If it was a secret visit why would he be dressed like that.

I saw the immediate aftermath of a truck/bike accident on a left turn at lights. I still remember the large crimson pool of blood and multiple fragments of helmet. Terrible.

A friend of mrshora's has been knocked off her bike three times here commuting. I've said I want to see how she rides etc. Before it becomes a 4th.

is it only me who thinks that combined bus/taxi/cycle lanes are completely insane?

I find them great in London and bus/ taxi drivers very respectful to cyclists.

I always saw/see bus lanes as sanctuaries.

somebody - CTC for example - needs to bring a test case against a highway authority to show negligence in design of cycle lanes.

Clearly there is a problem at this location, and any death is a tragedy too many, but there is nothing in the report to indicate whether any action by the driver or the cyclist may have caused it. Maybe we should sit down and sharpen the pitchforks a bit longer before we rush off to use them.

In a similar vein to hora's post, a mate of mine got hit 3 times in 2 years commuting in Manchester. None of them were his fault, but having ridden with him a few times in traffic now he does put himself in places where I wouldn't. Still the car drivers fault, but even he got fed up feeling sanctimonious in A&E.

Is there any news on the investigations/inquests into the spate of cyclist deaths last autumn? I don't remember seeing anything to show the circumstances of any of them had been officially made public?

@hora

the point from this caller is that Boris is our elected Mayor, but has failed to make good on many of his election manifesto promises, and has relied on a clever PR campaign to camoflage his lack of action on many issues facing London

He has also assumed ownership and credit of many of the projects that former Mayor Ken Livingston did the heavy lifting on.

The secret visit to Mount Pleasant was captured by journalists from Camden New Journal newspaper, who have been reporting on the "done deal" between the Mayor (who has ultimate say on planning issues in London) and a wealthy property developer - this site in Mt. Pleasant is the former home of Royal Mail's largest European sorting office

The Mayor has overridden both Camden and Islington's councils serious concerns about the use of this site for community purposes, with "affordable housing" now reported to be less than 12% of the overall development

completely off-track in regards to the horrible cycle fatality this morning, but a demonstration of Boris' urge to satisfy the wealthy business elite, at the expense of getting anything concrete in place for the majority who actually live in the City

also bear in mind, a development on this scale at Mt. Pleasant will see several years of disruption including 100's of HGV every week bringing materials from and to the site, with obvious consequences for cyclists in this busy area, you know the little people like us who pedal cycles about this city 😉

somebody - CTC for example - needs to bring a test case against a highway authority to show negligence in design of cycle lanes.

Whilst being far from a 'cyclists should always use cycle lanes' type - if thats where I think it is, isn't there a big bike tunnel just to the side of that really dodgy underpass where bikes can stay well out of the traffic?

(edit, apologies, I think I was one street out)

"affordable housing"

Will these go to recent Graduates? Those who went to London and slog to make something of themselves?

It will go to pondlife, single mums with multiple kids and be sold on 3 times over.

Flame me but I heard "affordable housing" alot when I was in London.