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also yesterday i got a ticket for rlj. i was travelling east on old street crossing bunhill row / bath street junction.
the motorcycle cop was ok with me and seemed to appreciate my reasoning when i said that imo it seems safer to run the red than get embroiled with dangerous drivers by waiting for green.
anyway the upshot is i get a £30 to pay within 28 days or attend a cyclists / lorry drivers awareness event on wednesday morning at my local council offices where i get to sit in a lorry. ffs.
and there is the rub. because the authorities need to be seen to be doing something about cyclists getting killed by lorry drivers they have created these love ins. ffs again.
imo the irony is that it is those that rlj that are staying alive and those that stop at reds that are getting killed.
i wish boris et al were cleverer and braver or both. then they would take on the real issue. that our public realm is dangerous and those creating the danger should be addressed / regulated.
stop all these silly initiatives. we just want 20 mph please on every road not just the car parks.