Eilidh Cairns verdict

flame away.

Accidents happen, and im certainly in favour of altering driver training/cab design if it would minimize the risk of cyclist/HGV collisions. (which i believe it would - something does need to be done) However, the assumption that it was due to driver negligence and the verdict isnt "what you wanted" does annoy me. The fact of the matter is, he could very well have been negligent, but i dont think we are at liberty to assume that all deaths of this kind are down to that.

This is of course all true, we have not seen the evidence. However the cynicism though come from the fact that unfortunately there is a history and regular occurrence of events of this type being put down to accidents even when negligent has been show e.g. the case of the lorry drive checking his papers. The law is set up against the cyclist and courts are biased. Some good examples here.
http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com/2009/11/cycling-against-car-culture.html