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As yet another cyclist is killed on our streets today, the question of what we can each do, and do together plays on my mind. I wonder what flash rides actually achieve, yet it seems negligent these days not to bother.
There's obviously so much sympathy, sadness, anger and I expect a whole range of other feelings amongst the cycling community, including enormous fear that any one of us could be next but I honestly don't know what the best course of action should be.
Some times it seems that all the lobbying, meetings, petitions, demonstrations etc. we do as part of London Cycling Campaign and other organisations it meaningless. Clearly it's the people in power who need to take bolder action to protect us, but how to make them?
I just wanted to put that down in writing. Seeing so many people who give a shit on the rider down threads makes me wonder how we can collectively change the situation with HGVs on London roads. It's not rocket science after all.