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@Greasy_Slag
Well said Vinyl!
The responsibility is with the Cyclist, the numbers will explode and i'll put money on deaths rising.
The only way we will force the issue is by pulling together and taking 1 action. 1 clear message with one achievable goal. but it's not all about the big bang
At least once a week i pull up a cyclist trying to pass on the left, some take it on board, some laugh at me, if it sticks with 1 in every 20 i tell that could be one less rider down.
Masses of effort went into getting the ghost bikes out but to no big fan fare. If one driver or one cyclist changed their approach to that day on seeing it... they didn't jump a light, they checked their mirrors for a second time, they left enough space.. then that could have been one life saved.
I have the details of a person who went under the wheels of a lorry turning left and survived. She survived by inches and i mean inches. but she went through the entire experience. she has agreed to talk in detail about the ordeal and include photos were we can.
I feel that would have a massive impact, we can detach ourselves from death as we didn't really know them and never really know what happened. now what if that weren't the case. what if we knew every detail of being dragged under a rolling truck.....