2011-02-24 - Rider Down - Old St Roundabout - 8am

Well done for writing, Bristly. I rather wish that we could get rid of the pointless old fossil that is Old Street roundabout, but it would probably cost more than £20-30m or more. (Costs are ridiculous nowadays.) One day ...

I'm so glad to hear she's going to heal up, I too cycle through there daily and saw the scene.

written to Meg Hillier my local MP and probably MP for the old st roundabout

you too can write to her http://www.meghillier.com/[QUOTE]Hello Meg,

I've recently moved to the borough from whitechapel so I'm new to your constituency. As you're probably aware there has been a big campaign to make the roads safer for cyclists, especially regarding HGV's travelling around at rush hour in London. The other morning 24/02 on my way into work Old St roundabout was closed off due to a near fatal collision between a female cyclist and a skip truck. As I cycled up I saw her belongings strewn across the road and ambulances and police everywhere. The tragic thing was that isn't the first time this has happened, and probably won't be the last. Old St round-about is notorious for cyclists being knocked over, and more often than not it's due to them being in the blind spot of the HGV driver.

Something has to be done about this, from what I understand Boris has withdrawn funding from the HGV testing centre in London, and things are only going to get worse. More often than not it's female cyclists being hit by HGV's and I'm sick of my daily commute being peppered with the sight of injured or dead cyclists being put into ambulances. Please can you do something about this, it's literally killing off your constituents.

thanks for taking the time to read this.
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The north-east quarter of the roundabout is in Meg's constituency. For the other three quarters, write to Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury.

The Mayor of London did indeed withdraw Mayoral funding for the former Commercial Vehicle Education Unit at the Metropolitan Police, but following determined campaigning, the Met used its own funding to re-establish it as the Commercial Vehicle Unit:

http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1714