[Ebbc-Talk] How many more cyclists must be killed by lorries? Legislation is long overdue | guardian.co.uk | 8 July 2013

> Lorries are involved in about 50% of cyclist deaths in London, and any plan to increase the take up of cycling needs to make addressing this issue a top priority. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2013/jul/08/cyclists-killed-lorries-legislation-london

How many more cyclists must be killed by lorries? Legislation is long overdue

Tragically and inevitably yet another cyclist has been crushed under a lorry, again a woman, and this time the first to lose their life while riding a "Boris bike". She was killed on cycle superhighway 2 in east London, near Aldgate East station, on Saturday evening. Of course, it is no surprise; nothing significant has changed since the last cyclist was killed in a collision with a lorry, or the one before that, or the one before that.
While this sad situation will provide another occasion for all the usual arguments and opinions to be wheeled out once again for and against cyclists on the road, much more important are the unvoiced views of a larger segment of the population; casual cyclists who may lose faith in both the hire scheme and the superhighways.

With the cycle hire scheme as popular as it has proved to be, it was only a matter of time before a fatality occurred. With thousands of potentially inexperienced cyclists on the roads every day, it is essential to make those roads as safe as possible to reduce the likelihood of this happening again. It is unrealistic and unfair to put the onus on cyclists to be solely responsible for their own safety in these situations while simultaneously encouraging less confident riders to get on bikes and explore the city...


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