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When you cycle in Berlin if a car or truck overtakes you on your left indicating right it will stop and allow you to filter past. Took me by surprise when it happened. Astonishing courtesy and it stops people getting killed. Janina was in her cycle lane and the driver turned left without checking just past the ASL, then he climbed out of the cab and yelled "You stupid girl" at the dying woman and then he lied to the police and said the lights were green. Doyle, the driver, had overtaken Janina 200 metres back.
It does seem a bit strange that a Londoner can be going about her lawful business, breaking no laws, and get killed by someone's inattention and the jury presumably decide "That cyclist he had just overtaken must have come out of nowhere" and acquit.