Rider Down Hackney

hells
hells Posts: 175
edited March 2010 in Commuting chat
Today a young woman was killed by a left turning skip truck on Dalston Lane Hackney. Not sure if this has been reported in the media yet. RIP
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :( RIP

    There's a link to the Hackney Gazette on Google, but it won't open.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Sad news

    RIP
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  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    RIP

    Hackney has been mentioned a few times on here this week - bad news!
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Not good at all. My sympathies to her friends and family. Stay safe people.
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  • sharm1969ca
    sharm1969ca Posts: 136
    Another sad loss, Rip and like Wallace said stay safe everyone
  • MadammeMarie
    MadammeMarie Posts: 621
    Awful! According to ES, left turning lorry!

    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23814252-charity-worker-cyclist-killed-in-crash-at-roundabout.do
  • fnegroni
    fnegroni Posts: 794
    My thoughts are with the family of the cyclist *and* the truck driver.

    As one of the comments on the link says, a campaign to inform cyclists what the primary position is, that they have every right to be in the primary position at junctions, and that it is in their interest to do so, would save more lives than a campaign to ban trucks from the roads in London.
    http://wokinghamcyclist.blogspot.com
  • londonbairn
    londonbairn Posts: 316
    Exactly, many seem to quickly point fingers at HGV drivers etc, but I think fellow cyclists need to understand how to position themselves on the road to protect themselves and others.

    It's getting worse and worse as more first time commuters start cyclign into work (on bikes that don't look remotely road worthy in many cases) and pull off moves that if they were a car driver/motorcyclist, they'd be fined/get points for.
  • moonio
    moonio Posts: 802
    I think Boris is partly to blame because of his completely negligent cycling campaigns...

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