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Poster campaign to cut cyclist deaths
A new campaign to alert cyclists to the danger from lorries has been launched.
Hundreds of posters will warn them not to undertake at junctions in the scheme by the Mayor and Transport for London.
TfL will also introduce new training for lorry drivers, with tips on improving cyclists' safety. Almost half of all cycle deaths in the capital involve lorries.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23891412-poster-campaign-to-cut-cyclist-deaths.do
City of London Police: Road Safety Forum.
Turning to the issues of lorries, Inspector Aspinall told the meeting about a day of City of London spot checks on HGVs, carried out on 30 September 2008 as part of the Europe-wide Operation Mermaid, which is intended to step up levels of enforcement of road safety laws in relation to lorries. On this one day, 12 lorries were stopped randomly by City Police. Five of those lorries were involved in the construction work for the 2012 Olympics. All of the twelve lorries were breaking the law in at least one way.
Repeat: a 100 per cent criminality rate among small random sample of HGVs on the streets of central London.
Anyone who cycles in London sees lorry drivers on mobiles, reading paperwork, jumping red lights and overtaking dangerously. Skip and flat bed scaffolding lorries are the worst in my experience, often driven by homicidal thugs. It's all well and good targetting cyclists, but it's the lorry drivers who need policing.