2009-08-10 - Rider Down, Southwark Bridge, North side

the pavement is quite wide, maybe they could narrow it and put a line of three or four large, well-anchored iron bollards about a metre away from the kerb into the road. Then lorries/cars/buses would be forced to take a wider arc around the corner, and the bollards would protect cyclists/pedestrians.

i don't think i've ever seen this anywhere though - perhaps there is a reason it has not been implemented (e.g. because cars might go straight in to the bollards...)

i have had to step back often while standing waiting to cross at the pedestrian crossing as lorries/buses misjudge the corner and come up onto the pavement.

That's actually a good idea.

Although it may encourage more cyclists to stick to the left hand side rather than cycle in the main lanes. You'd still have the problem of lorry going left + cyclist going straight on = crash.