BBC article on cycling accidents

The beeb article is victim-blaming crap.

There is no evidence that the cyclists killed in London were undertaking.

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif][SIZE=2]The beeb article seems like misdirection to me. There is evidence that a large number of HGV/cyclist accidents are where the lorry hits the back of the cyclist. The cyclist is not in a blind spot (which ought not to be an excuse anyway. Saying "I didn't see them" is an admission of bad driving) and the cyclist had done nothing wrong. [/SIZE][/FONT]

Maybe a campaign telling HGV drivers not to drive illegal, uninsured vehicles, not to drive whilst drunk or drugged and not to drive whilst filling in their paperwork would be better.

I don't think it's victim blaming. It's always hard to report on statistics that seem to suggest an unpalatable conclusion and I think the article trod the fine line very well.

They are simply trying to find a theory to explain an observed pattern.

As a side note: stats on HGV accidents - it's all the foreigners' fault!