Vigil and die-n for Akis Kollaros

For the second time in less than a month, London’s cyclists will gather to commemorate the tragic and untimely death of one of their own in a vigil and die-in organized by the direct action protest group Stop Killing Cyclists.

On Monday, 9 February 2015 at 6pm (for 6:30pm) at Homerton High Street, near the Fire Station at Wardle Street, London E9, hundreds will ride in memory of Akis Kollaros who was crushed under the wheels of a tipper truck a week before.

Akis, a music producer, was the 14th cyclist to be killed in the UK in 2015, and the second in London.

This week, Transport for London approved two new cycle superhighways, which, by 2018, will finally start to provide the infrastructure needed to make cycling safe for anyone who wants to ride – young or old, experienced or new. The cyclists at the vigil will call on the Government, TFL and local authorities to take urgent action to build on this excellent start, and set up Dutch style infrastructure, with well designed, safe, segregated cycle lanes throughout London and the rest of the country.

They will also call for other safety improvements, such as bringing forward the regulations to improve the ability of lorry drivers to see cyclists and pedestrians, which will be required under EU law from 2022.

Stop Killing Cyclists calls for segregated lanes, and safer lorries to prevent tragedies such as this, and allow many more people to enjoy the convenience, better fitness and money-saving benefits of getting on their bikes.

@Velocio
could we have an "No, I am definitely not attending" box added, so those of us who find these events bizarre/morbid can make it clear we are not coming along

Try the 'ignore' button.

I think it would be good to be able to express disdain or support for events.

@6pt added to ignore list

:'(

cri evertim

Not the place for this. Please raise it here and link back if you must.

"Some of" would be good ahead of "London's cyclists". Any death is terrible but I find die-ins morbid, that does not make me not a London cyclist.

Can we just have a box at the top of each thread entitled 'dj's views on this topic', which he alone can populate? This would be very useful for anyone who finds him as important as he finds himself.

I have to agree wt DJ on this point, there is another thread dedicated to the opposition of 'die ins'.

As a 'London cyclist' I do not wish to be associated wt this sort of action. I cannot stand direct action protest groups whatever their cause....

A vigil on the other hand is a completely different thing. I fully respect this.
such a shame that this tragic event has been hijacked by someone's own political agenda.

" a shame that this tragic event has been hijacked by someone's own political agenda."

This

I don't like die-ins, either, but could we move this discussion to other threads? There's a dedicated one here where we've already had much of it:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/262123/

I am sorry that my post has initiated such vile I think that the cycling community is a broad church with a broad spectrum of views none of which either represent the whole community or should. For me the confirmation that this event was OK was the attendance of Akis's family.