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First off condolences to the family involved.
This is an area where we all need to come together, something that shows how silly the courier/fakenger/commuter differences really are.
Bill has been doing great, and often unappreciated, work on this for years and the HGV blind spots diagrams need to be seen (and understood) by everyone who cycles. If you have not looked at them on MT, DO IT NOW. No doubt many of us had the same thought as BMMF: we could get active and organised and hand out to other cyclists the information we have which might save their lives.
It would be terrific if life saving information was given out with every bike sold in London; if Evans were to agree to this it would be a great first step. But I can imagine the hassle that would take, the difficulty in getting a large chain to act. Bike shops may also not see it as in their short term interest to draw attention to the dangers of cycling since those dangers are already one of the things that deter people from cycling. They may also not wish to be associated with a group like ours where many riders ride without a front break and where there is a 'riding drunk' thread. But it is worth a try.
Once again, collective and determined long term action by all of us is the only thing that will produce results.
All of which is about what we can do to save our own lives and the problem is that, like the helmet debate, it can make it sound as if cycling is more dangerous than it really is and that if we die it is our own fault. There is the other side to all this; we should not be sharing road space with HGVs and the HGV drivers who's careless driving kills cyclists (not every case but some) should not be getting away with a fine of a few hunded pounds.
Ride safe all of you.