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Shit, this sounds awful. Deepest sympathies to all. And RIP.
I'm beginning to really dread this thread appearing now.
So, I'm up for creating this education campaign. With Cycleschemes being promoted throughout various businesses now as a tax free benefit, more bikes are coming onto the streets. I'm all for that - more bikes, more people, more awareness - but I'm also up for educating new cyclists. I'm doing something like this for the 7 new cyclists lured in by a company bike scheme here where I work. Before they bought their bikes, I'd send threads like these to highlight that riding in London isn't a walk in the park. Now they have a more than healthy respect for what they are about to embark on.
Anyway, I digress. I'm up for being part of a 'bike school' which is made up of volunteers 'teaching' people the 'how to avoid...' scenarios many of us face on a basis. Not sure about how to create it or whether any one would actually come to it, but feel its time to 'be the change you want to see'.
I know that many of these scenarios include unpredicatable, fast moving, metal objects - but forewarned is forearmed. And I'm up for forewarning before these threads become a daily ocurrence.