2010-04-14 - Rider Down/Fatality, Oxford Street

.... This makes the loss of life as in this case all the more tragic and makes it all the more urgent to prevent it......

...And recommend that he do cycle training. It is designed precisely to address such perceptions--helps people understand traffic better, works directly with their abilities, etc. ......

The more I look at the picture of the accident on the Eve Standard website the more ill I feel.. I am of course speculating but it would appear that this tragedy could have been avoided. In the picture it would appear that she was undertaking the bus at the bus stop when the driver swerved into her and the actual bus stop itself. The ensuing situation does not bear thinking about... I am truly, truly sadden..

http://standardonline.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx