• Sure, but what I am saying is that I have doubts about the long-term effectiveness of this approach (I worry that it will make lorry operators complacent, and possibly lead to more negligent behaviour by lorry drivers), AND TfL is painting white lines all over the place encouraging cyclists to nip up the inside. Including at least 2 junctions where cyclist have been killed by left-turning HGVs.

    I am not against trying to educate cyclists, but I have become more and more convinced that the cycle lanes are encouraging dangerous behaviour by both cyclists and drivers. So in my view, the most pressing things are:

    Getting blind-spot mirrors fitted to trucks and getting the drivers trained to use them.

    Trying to get bad cycle lanes removed.

    Bill - your pressing items above seem quite medium to long term as both really rely on central government / local council endorsment. They're both notoriously slow to react and implement.

    Surely this little campaign we're "brainstorming"(?) right here would help in the short term?

    I still think the spoke card is a good idea if we concetrate on getting the message to other bike riders.

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