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Yes, I think that report sheds no light. There has always been the problem of victim-blaming in reports on crashes involving cyclists, i.e. 'what has the cyclist done wrong this time?' Backhanded victim-praising isn't any better. Likewise, with very few exceptions, drivers don't want anyone to get injured, so discounting bad or good intentions for the moment, which factor could be significant here when looking at the issue dispassionately? Mine is an unproven hypothesis, of course. Anyway, direct-vision lorries are on their way, so I hope we'll see a positive effect from their introduction.
Oliver Schick
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"In 2007, an internal report for Transport for London concluded women cyclists are far more likely to be killed by lorries because, unlike men, they tend to obey red lights and wait at junctions in the driver's blind spot." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8296971.stm
very interesting about the height