hitch:
its about time COI or TfL ran ads like this
don’t go the nearside of a truck it will kill you
Undertaking is not what’s killing cyclists, usually. Usually it is the driver’s fault.
Cycle lanes are often slapped around with no thought about safety, they are almost always painted on the nearside.
A full quarter of cycling fatalities involve being hit from behind, the cyclist did NOTHING WRONG.
Have you seen the driving record of the HGV driver who killed Alan Neve?
'In December 1997, Barry Meyer was convicted of drink-driving for which he was disqualified for 18 months.
'In July 1998, he was convicted of driving while disqualified, which he had committed in June, just six months after his disqualification.
'In December 2004, he was convicted of driving a lorry with a skip which carrying a dangerous load, in other words was overloaded; displaying a tax disc which did not match the registration of the vehicle; driving without the appropriate operator’s license for the vehicle.
'In May 2007, he was again convicted of driving with excess alcohol and disqualified for 36 months which would be reduced to 27 months if he undertook a driving course.
'In July 2007, he was convicted of driving a van whilst disqualified and give a further 12 month disqualification.
‘In September 2008, he was stopped, driving whiles disqualified, a 7.5 tonne lorry. He gave the police a false name because he knew he was both driving whilst disqualified and driving with no insurance; he was disqualified for a further period of 14 months.’
In addition, he has previous convictions for assault, criminal damage and drug possession.
Who employed this driver? What checks were made? Who verified his credentials?
This is similar to Dennis Putz, also a multiple-banned driver who got a job driving HGVs and killed a cyclist doing nothing wrong. Putz was drunk and chatting on a mobile at the time. How come any lowlife criminal can get a job driving lorries in London?