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Anyone else see the coverage on HGVs turning left and bicycle safety on BBC breakfast about 7.30? On the one hand, some much needed publicity for an important issue. Apparently a system of sensors and cameras to alert the driver to pedestrians/cyclists/motorists in their blind spots only costs about £700.
Disappointingly a woman representing the Road Hauliers Association was bizarrely dead set against it, despite the fact that it will no doubt save cyclists' lives, and by extension save the livelihood of HGV drivers who otherwise face their lives being ruined by the consequences of running down a cyclist.
I can understand (as an extension of human selfishness), though totally don't condone, the fact that drivers don't necessarily see the issue in the same way as cyclists, but surely just from a pragmatic point of view advances which make accidents less likely are in everyones interests.
Thoughts?