POV Lorry Blind Spots Video

Interesting TFL Point of View video on Lorry Blindspots.

TfL Lorry Blind Spots Film - YouTube

Proximity sensors? Even cheap cars have these for reversing so why not put them on HGV's?

thats a wake up call for me tedward, thanks for that.

Proximity sensors? Even cheap cars have these for reversing so why not put them on HGV's?

Would not work.

Those cyclists are so lucky he decided to get out when he did.

Maybe make some junctions no-left-turn for hgvs

Thats quite shocking! I don't filter down the left of HGV's anyway but even so this is quite an eye opener.

in this video, i noticed that the driver is so small (no offence) that his line of vision (POV) is same level as the lorry's steering wheel.. just noticed..

Yeah, quite an eye opener I thought. I still can't help but think that there will always be idiots and it's a pity you are allowed on a busy road, whether in a car or on a bike.

That, and make sure you can see the driver in their own mirrors!

Am I missing something? a 2 years old video resurfaced?

No. It's still a good video and worth reposting frequently. There'a always a lot of new members and new cyclists so it might help someone stay alive.

Shouted at some idiots going past me and inside filtering past a lorry at Old St this morning, after I had stopped behind it. I shouted not to do it but just got told to fuck off.

I am not being funny, insensitive or defensive to lorry drivers but people need to learn never to undertake a lorry! It is not safe, yes lorries are also idiotic and over take and then turn in or overtake at the lights. But some cyclists really do not help themselves or the stats that the media love.

If we stopped inside filtering then there would be no requirement for inside sensors or such like equipment that may not work any way.

also worth reposting this http://www.lfgss.com/thread3072.html

I am not being funny, insensitive or defensive to lorry drivers but people need to learn never to undertake a lorry!

Very hard to do when bicycle lane tell you to hug the kerbs and undertake everything.

Not sure if they've positioned the lorry like that on purpose (I assume so) but as the cab is already turned i'm hardly surprised none of the cyclists can be seen in either mirror - if you look at the top mirror which should be positioned to give a straight view down the whole length of the trailer, all you can see is the back of the cab and a bit of the trailer. If the cab was straight and the mirrors were set up properly you'd be able to see all of them. Seems a bit too set up to me, and the driver should be checking mirrors before they've already started turning.

Either way, you wouldn't catch me undertaking anything I couldn't see the driver in, even if a box-ticking cycle 'lane' is telling me to do so

also worth reposting this http://www.lfgss.com/thread3072.html

Pretty much sums it up, very informative

The bike lane is a problem, creating a false sense of safety and given right to scoot up the inside.

But just because the lane is there, does not mean people can ignore what else is around them. Some cyclists, probably not anyone that contributes on here, lack the common sense and thought process that is required to be safe on the roads.

When you have bicycle lane that narrow, putting you next to the kerb, undertaking all the static traffic, you'd end up doing this out of habit on road with no bike lane.

Even good drivers get confused in bad junction design.

Habits are a bad thing though and that shouldn't be an excuse even with the bad junction design.

My personal preference is to filter down the out side, bike lane or no bike lane.

Would not work.

wrong.

http://lcc.org.uk/articles/major-london-property-developers-adopt-safer-lorries-charter-in-partnership-with-lcc