On Apr 14, 10:30*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, MIG wrote:
On Apr 14, 7:38*pm, "Graculus"
wrote:
Boris's latest mad-cap idea:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...87.stmandother sources.

So, the idea is that this allows cyclists to move off before lorries and
thus not get trapped/killed when they move off and turn left. And it is
cited that 13 deaths occurred because of this. What they fail to say is how
many cyclists would be killed when they see the red light as a proverbial
"green light" to run the red without paying any attention to what's
approaching from their right and get subsequently hit by some other vehicle
crossing the junction on green. I'm sure they would be meant to give way,
blah blah blah, but would that happen in reality?

Quite barmy!

Cyclists are used to looking out for people who are trying to kill them,
given that that seems to be just about everybody, so it's a safe bet
that they would be paying attention.

What, like the guy i almost mowed down on my way to work this morning,
when he rode out from a side road onto the roundabout i was going round?
All too many cyclists pay little to no attention to the world around them..

They have a lot more reason to pay attention to their surroundings
than car or lorry drivers, and are much more directly affected by
them.

Doesn't mean you can't find an example anywhere of a person not paying
attention.