FAO: London cyclists
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- Wolfboy0
It's fine saying everyone should be following the law and respecting the other road users and of course that should be the case, but that's not the issue. The issue is a general lack of safety due to an out dated road system and terrible decisions made by the road planners. At the end of the day it's cyclists that are being killed.
A few weeks ago a french girl was killed while riding a TFL hire bike on a TFL 'cycle super highway' (essentially nothing more than a strip of paint that is blue because it is sponsored by Barclays and was predicted to be dangerous by independent parties).
Yesterday a man was killed by an HGV (one of the regular causes of cyclist death in London, usually when they're turning left) at Holborn - an area with more than one lane for motor vehicles an zero dedicated space for cyclists.
I think this quote sums it up, there's no them and us about it, it's just simply calling for necessary action to be taken so less people will die just because they use a bike in London:
LCC chief executive Ashok Sinha said, "Three Londoners have now been killed in three weeks, all of them on busy roads that provide no dedicated space for cycling.
"Mayor Boris Johnson must take swift and radical steps to redesign our streets to make them safe and inviting for cycling.
"The evidence is clear: if the Mayor doesn't take urgent action, then more Londoners will die needlessly cycling on our city streets."