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This development should be contrasted with the ill-informed discussion which occurred on the London Fixed-gear & Single-speed website discussion thread after the killing of Catriona Patel. There was anger by some commenters but there were also commenters who were quick to blame the victim and to call for more “education” of cyclists.
Most disturbingly of all there was this post, which successfully defused the anger and deflected attention away from the possible culpability of the driver:
*‘Julie’ 1st july
My partner was the driver of the Lorry which was in the accident on Monday where sadly a woman cyclist died. I have read all the posts about this and some have been quite upsetting as a lot of comments have been way off the mark. *My partner had not been drinking all night, he was safely tucked up in bed at 9pm watching TV with a cup of tea. He is an experienced HGV driver of 20yrs and has never had an accident. The cyclist came up on his left side and has sais he simply did not see her,he did check his mirror but she was in his blind spot.* I have researched this and a lot of accidents have happened this way. He was arrested, this would be normal practise after an accident of this nature, the police are now conducting an investigation. He is traumatised and our lives will never be the same again. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this terrible time.*
http://crapwalthamforest.blogspot.com/2010/05/death-of-catriona-patel-lorry-driver.html