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Old May 24th 09, 04:11 AM posted to uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default Boris & co's narrow miss whilst out cycling

Mizter T wrote:
Mayor Boris and members of his transport team - including Transport
Commissioner Peter Hendy and the Mayor's Director of Transport Policy
Kulveer Ranger - were out and about on their bikes on Friday morning
just gone cycling around in east London, doing a bit of scouting
around in connection with the upcoming "Cycle Super Highways" project,
when this happened on Narrow Street in Limehouse... (video):

http://www.wharf.co.uk/2009/05/video...narrow-es.html

Pretty terrifying - I've never seen anything quite like it. Thankfully
no one was injured. It appears as though the rear doors on the lorry
weren't properly secured, and thus came loose as it went over a road
hump or speed table, or possibly just a bump.


I like the lorry driver's reaction: he seems to be thinking "Oh bloody hell,
that's the 5th time in an hour that's happened."