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spindrift
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.