Cyclists stay back! stickers

The LCC has put forward a good few:

http://www.no-more-lethal-lorries.org.uk/

Drivers should not be sole operators but have a driver's mate with them. This would be especially important for major construction-related traffic.

Drivers should not be placed under ridiculous deadline pressure.

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Spent a morning in a tipper truck this week taking clay from Farringdon to Dagenham (Pics here)

Generally a positive experience and good interactions between people on bikes and the driver, He has eliminated his blind spots because of the technology and could see riders from behind and follow them around to the front of his truck. There was a lot off goof riding and communication and many people stayed behind him or passed to the right of the truck. However quite a number did scoot down the left ( and down the left of many other vehicles.

From the cab of the truck it seemed perverse that riders when clearly having the option to pass on the right, the road is empty ahead etc, many still choose to go down the narrow gap between the traffic stream and the kerb. I suppose cyclists link to the kerb, to the left, to the gutter is so ingrained that the habit is hard to break (though a couple of hours of cycle training would help many riders)