HGVs/lorries/cyclists: Inquest into death of Meryem Ozekman

Ufrasia, it's not up to the coroners to go on some mission to find all HGV drivers guilty just because the figures don't add up. They have to look at it on a case by case basis, and if there is no evidence that the driver did anything wrong, then this is the result they have to give.

I think we need to look at how incompatible these lorries are with our roads as too many 'accident' verdicts are given on a case by case basis. Nobody in power is learning from these verdicts. An accident is unforeseeable. As the driver said, he wouldn't have felt it anyway. I think that's a pretty huge problem with the design of HGVs and totally foreseeable. When a lorry hits a cyclist it's not going to go any other way all that often.

Obviously I'm not asking coroners to hang every lorry driver. What I am asking for is that the coroners acknowledge that the problem is inherent in the haulage industry and it needs addressing. If they can't see us we need to find a solution.