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dear me, a BBC news exclusive described the accident, but focused more on the traffic chaos it caused !! wtf ?!
it really is so sad, but this type of accident, as everyone has just said, lorry and an undertaking cyclist, is just so common, too common.
something should be done, but cyclists don't pay road taxes so the government don't give a fuck. bastards.
i myself this morning nearly got extinguished by a fucking mental bendy bus driver, he overtook me and mid way,pushed me right into the pavement, the twat, on Park Lane.
He was either unaware or just plainly uneducated in cyclists awarness. But this is what it's all about, making and maintaining the awareness of lorry drivers of cyclists, especially now in the dawn of the cycling era.
It will not do, to plainly add extra mirrors and signs to lorries. Or anything else.
Lorry drivers need to know how precarious turning a corner can be and that they could singlehandedly kill someone.
Frankly i don't think lorry drivers at large realise this at all.