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[email protected] · July 19th 10, 02:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Clive) wrote:

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In article ,
(Clive) wrote:
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Pedestrians shouldn't be on the road in the first place, just like
cyclists shouldn't be on the pavement. Cyclists should know when
they are in the blind spot of a large vehicle, if the don't then
the road is not the place to be, hence they need to be trained.
Anyway, what counts is safety and if a question exists about your
safety on a bike then your obvious place is behind where you can't
be crushed between rear wheels and a guard rail.
Tell that to the pedestrian on the pavement when a Tesco lorry
turning a corner in Cambridge killed him, then!
And the connection with cycling is?
Shared danger. Cyclists are not the only victims of the Government
allowing such dangerous vehicles on the roads. All it needs is
Constriction and Use regulations that require a driver to be able to
see everywhere that his vehicle is going.
Essentially, you've never driven a vehicle with a blind spot and
are now allowing yours to get in the way.

Wrong assumption there! I'm saying that vehicles with blind spots that
large should no longer be allowed to mix with vulnerable road users.

A lot has been done to reduce road deaths in the last decade and more.
Cars are much safer than they were that recently. It's time lorries were
brought up to scratch too.

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Colin Rosenstiel