Cyclist fatality today, Evening Standard, comments from read

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  • coshgirl66
    coshgirl66 Posts: 45
    Wouldn't it be nice if she got something rather nasty in the post. Anyone got any anthrax handy :twisted:
  • coshgirl66
    coshgirl66 Posts: 45
    And so the carnage continues. A female cyclists was killed by a tipper lorry in Hackney earlier today:
    http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/content ... 10%2011:13

    Also disgusted by the Standard article on yesterday's death, mentions the fact that the cyclists wasn't wearing a helmet. As if that would have made the slightest difference FFS! :x

    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ ... r-truck.do
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    :cry:
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  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    Jesus.....Another lorry, another cyclist! Two in 24 hours, 3 in a month or so.

    What the hell is going on???
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    If you feel the shadow of the Grim Tipper on your shoulder be worried, be very worried indeed. Killers of the road.
    Life is like a roll of toilet paper; long and useful, but always ends at the wrong moment. Anon.
    Think how stupid the average person is.......
    half of them are even more stupid than you first thought.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    This is so fcuking depressing. They should ban HGV's betwwn 8am and 7pm. The one yesterday wasn't even supposed to on Weston St from what I understand, that was part of the Shard site agreement.
  • OldSkoolKona
    OldSkoolKona Posts: 655
    RIP to both cyclists - two in two days doesn't make good reading for anyone
    :cry:
    Stay safe out there

    OSK
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    With all the construction work going on there is even more HGV/construction vehicles about.

    Big ones, like the kind you see in the movies.
    Food Chain number = 4

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    With all the construction work going on there is even more HGV/construction vehicles about.

    Big ones, like the kind you see in the movies.

    Tell me about it - I work on Weston st, it's a chuffing nightmare round here ATM.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Il Principe wrote:
    This is so fcuking depressing. They should ban HGV's betwwn 8am and 7pm.

    +1. This is terrible. :(

    EDIT: alternatively, HGVs allowed but only outside rush hour periods, such as 10am-4pm or something. A bit like bikes not being allowed on trains during certain times!
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    "Exactly."
  • shieldsman
    shieldsman Posts: 58
    Just been told the woman killed in Hackney was one of my colleagues from our London office. Not good.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Shieldsman - sorry to hear that. Not good, indeed.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • moonio
    moonio Posts: 802
    Oh thats terrible...sorry to hear.

    If lorries were banned during certain hrs would it mean even more lorries outside of that time..not everyone does 9-5

    Also is there a facebook group campaign about cyclist-lorry accidents?
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    There's a group, ''Cyclists THINK! Watch out for HGVs'' (http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=28903548493)
    but it's not highly active.
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