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A good article on cycling in London, for a change. She is especially right about this bit
I'm amazed at the number of cyclists I see undertaking lorries on the way toward junctions, oblivious to the fact they are in the driver's blind spot. There's little point policing lorry drivers if we don't look out for ourselves.
But TfL needs to take responsibility for the death rate too. Feeder lanes at junctions with advanced stop lines — green cycle boxes to you and me — may be making things worse. They give the bike rider a false sense of safety, leading them directly into the path of a turning lorry.
Two of the recent deaths happened where roads are marked in this way.