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I think the driver of the Cemex (aka ReadyMix) lorry that killed Cynthia's daughter was aquitted because he said he had a blindspot on the lorry and it wasn't his fault. It turned out that he had hit a cyclist previously and another driver working for the same subcontractor had been involved in a fatal.
As a result of Cythia's campaigning Cemex have done more than any other company to improve their vehicles and their drivers. Their lorries have sensors that tell the driver if someone is close to the left side and give out a warning when the left turn indicator is on. Some companies have a simpler system that just puts out the warning whenever the left indicator is on. Rebecca Goosens was killed by a cement lorry owned by London Concrete last year on Old St, that lorry had one of those warning systems. Either Rebecca did not hear it, or the lorry wasn't indicating before making the turn, or it was indicating but started the turn from so far out in the right hand lane that Rebecca did not consider it could possibly be turning left.