Recent HGV/cyclist accidents

[quote=wvm;627083] This is sadly the truth- any sort of ban on HGV's quite simply will never, ever happen.

The most that our present government would be prepared to do (going on their history so far) would be to use congestion charging/ANPR cameras to impose an even heavier tax on large vehicles going into central London during the day.

A cost which every company would just pass onto the building/whatever industry.

It would be fantastic to have Londons roads free of all but human powered traffic, but as this is an impossible dream-we have to deal with the situation in which we find ourselves now.

Nice dream, sadly, I agree that ^^ that would be impossible.
What I've suggested is actually far more achievable.
Not a ban on motor vehicles, not a ban on HGVs.
Simply some compromises being made about which hours large, heavy, dangerous vehicles should be driven on these roads that are otherwise thick with traffic, including human-powered traffic.