Danger! HGVs

let put this in perspective.

on average 500,000 londoners cycle everyday.

on average (so far), 15 people die cycling in London, most of them HGV related.

while it's a sad avoidable loss, it's still a very small numbers.

Now Edscoble, you are starting to talk like a politician. Dont quote numbers that are 'acceptable'. What number would you say is not acceptable, and not a 'small' number? These are people, individuals, that are contributing to society and to your quality of life. Each single death leaves behind millions of pounds of cost - paid by you the tax payer - and human pain and suffering. And massive consequences on other individuals, even those not directly related. I spoke to a number of people at the scene who told me they were traumatised by seeing Eilidh. Young children who were on their way to school and nursery and who then couldnt sleep at night, who had to go to the Drs., whose parents had to explain why the girl was 'sleeping'. People who will live with the image for ever.
You think its ok if one of these dead cyclists have left 4 small children as orphans?
The pertinent word is 'avoidable'. I would argue that because they are avoidable even 1 single person who dies cycling in London is unacceptable, never mind 15. We dont need millions of pounds worth of research to find a cure. We know what the cure is. We just need to ACT NOW.
Dont fall into the statistics trap, we can argue black is white with statistics.