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Mr Mayor,
I apologise for this unsolicited email but feel it necessary to appeal to you.
There have at this point (15/11/11) been fifteen cyclist deaths during the course of 2011.
This is an unnecessary waste of life which is propagated by Transport for London and their terribly designed cycle lanes which encourage cyclists to filter down the left hand side of traffic into the advanced stop zone. An experience cyclist may know that this is suicide but shouldn't we be able to rely on state sanctioned advice to keep us safe?
Of the deaths this year, eight were caused by HGVs, a further three were by vans and one was caused by a bus run by Transport for London.
Add to that that the two most recent deaths were both within walking distance of each other at Bow roundabout and both caused by tipper lorries. Having lived in the bow area for 4 years I'd say would be a fair assumption that both trucks were traffic from the Olympic site. Does London 2012 really need to go ahead at the cost of it's residents lives?
Until you step in and do something about London's road policies their blood will remain on your hands.
Regards