8 Wheeler tipper trucks - invitation to all at LFGSS

(I'm not sure you want to see it all over the news that your partner / son / daughter was an idiot doing something utterly insane to the point that they were practically asking for it).

I'd be surprised if the media play down cyclist's poor behaviour, I'd say the opposite was more likely, but to the left of vehicles at junctions is often exactly where the cycle lane is. The cyclist is directed there, or to an ASL ahead of the vehicle. That doesn't mean they're "asking" for anything.

I'd express the point differently- any lorry driver in London who sets off at lights or turns left at a junction without checking his nearside or front of vehicle where it is extremely likely that a cyclist will be, fails to notice them and crushes them to death should go to prison for a long time.