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Best wishes for a speedy recovery - a broken pelvis is a nasty injury, but thank heavens she will recover.
As for getting back on your bike after hospitalisation - it takes some doing, but you learn to be even more cautious.
The general level of cycling is not that great - almost every day I see a cyclist in a HGV blind spot going straight on at lights -I have started telling them to be more careful, but only get a startled look back.... and some of the risks more experienced looking cyclists take in rush hour madness defies belief... some form of training/risk awareness would save lives.
The signage issue could be difficult to pursue, but definitely worth a try and any pressure we as a community can bring to bear, will be for the common good. In the meantime, would it be possible to share information of accident blackspots via an interactive map - so that cyclist can check over routes and see at a glance areas where they need to be even more careful?