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From Tower Hamlets Wheelers;
The police will be conducting Operation Safeway again this October- it happens annually.
Safeway is all about the identified increase in accidents at this time of year. There will be a high visibility presence for the month at some major junctions during rush hour - mainly A11 for Tower Hamlets.
They'll be picking up on offences from all road users but for cyclists they will be looking at not having lights (dusk-dawn), and jumping red lights.
Some police might give a lecture about wearing a helmet (even though you are not required to wear one by law) - useful response here:
http://lcc.org.uk/articles/should-i-wear-a-helmet
or more recently Chris Boardman's piece:
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/campaigning/article/20141103-campaigning-news-Boardman--Why-I-didn-t-wear-a-helmet-on-BBC-Breakfast-0
They might also comment on cyclists wearing headphones/earphones ( also not illegal) - brief LCC comment here:
http://lcc.org.uk/articles/london-cycling-campaign-condemns-victim-blaming-after-sixth-london-cycling-death-in-two-weeks