Why is this headline news?

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Slack journalism again 'cyclist collided with dumper truck'

Was mentioned the other day in another post. Cyclists don't collide with lorries, they get killed by careless drivers

bbc usually respond to that kind of complaint if you send it to them

i think some stupid cyclists do actually collide with lorries.

I watched a guy sail through RLs in Belgravia this morning, thankfully his guardian angel was watching too cause I was holding my breath.....a bus missed him by very little, and the poor bus driver* was beside himself.

Be sensible-ish people, I don't wanna see no bodies under wheels when I'm riding thanks.

*he was atually doing a stirling job at the time of this incident.

i think some stupid cyclists do actually collide with lorries.

I watched a guy sail through RLs in Belgravia this morning, thankfully his guardian angel was watching too cause I was holding my breath.....a bus missed him by very little, and the poor bus driver* was beside himself.

Be sensible-ish people, I don't wanna see no bodies under wheels when I'm riding thanks.

*he was atually doing a stirling job at the time of this incident.

I would agree, some cyclists are incredibly stupid - I watched a dude on some carbon Pinarello (as Carlos would say 'it looks like it wants to be on MTV') scooch slowly down the 12inch gap between the leftside of a coach and the kerb at some lights (no cycle lane either). Lights changed and I was very grateful to the coach driver for looking in his mirror, and remaining stationary a good 10 seconds longer than he would have needed to had that utter prat not squeezed through such a silly and dangerous space.

I know you could say 'well the coach driver should be looking in his mirror anyway', but the gap was so tiny and some cyclists really put themselves in unneccesary peril - it's not always about 'careless drivers'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7372906.stm

when this isn't:

http://www.movingtargetzine.com/article/another-london-cyclist-killed-by-a-lorryhgvlgv

it seems as if these events happening in london is just another day in the life kind of event.

I don't think it's a conspiracy. Edinburgh's tiny compared to London, so on any given day, there are far less stories to choose from where some poor soul has come a cropper.