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I've just received this email from Marina Yannakoudakis. I'm suspicious that her words are an excuse not to get involved. I hope I am wrong.
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for writing to me regarding HGV vehicles’ blind spots. I am highly respectful of road safety and awareness and support the protection of vehicles, pedestrians and especially cyclists. Accidents between HGV vehicles and cyclists are tragically too common. I feel that the written declaration on HGV blind spots is very narrow in its interpretation and therefore do not think it would be right to sign. I believe we need to look at this in a wider context and I will be posing some questions to the Commission as to how they are going to look at the problems cyclists face.
Thank you for taking the time to write to me.
Yours sincerely,
Marina Yannakoudakis MEP