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Doctor To The Queen Is Named As Cyclist Killed After Being Hit By Lorry On Central London.

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anotheoldgit | 15:03 Thu 16th Aug 2018 | News
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Awful - RIP Dr Fisher.
The 8th cyclist killed on London's streets this year, apparently. Should the Mayor do something about this?
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People who ride bikes in central London need their bumps felt.... but that said, cyclists there so very often taken liberties. One could be forgiven for thinking the rules of the road don't apply to them. Not that I'm saying this poor man didn't abide by the rules, but with the way some cyclists flout the rules, weaving in and out and past, motorists really need eyes in the backs of their heads.
We all try to take care but we're all just human. What's needed is a ban on such suicidal sports such as cycling on public roads. Better than encouraging death wish activities and putting responsibility on others to prevent it.
Yes, it seems that saving the environment comes with a hefty price tag for some. Not that this sad instance has anything to do with the other 7.
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Clichéd nonsense and rehashed blame comments are all well and good but surely we have to wait for the results of any investigation.
I just thought that the Mayor had to solve all London's problems. No?
Spath, //cyclists have just as much road right than any car//

I’m not disputing that. They should, however, for their own safety, obey the rules of the road as every other road user is expected to do. Squeezing up on the inside of lorries and shooting through red lights is not obeying the rules of the road. They should remember the lorry doesn't suffer when the worst happens. They do.

//Cyclists in the city should be priority.//

Priority? Who gets priority in the city other than the emergency services! Clearly you've never driven in central London, spath.
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Spath, you've never driven in the city.
What's needed is a ban on such suicidal sports such as cycling on public roads.
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Didn’t realise commuting to work is a sport! That makes me a top athlete at my hospital(place of work).
As has been pointed out, this is the 8th death of a cyclist this year in London, it continues unabated.

Still, at least the government is getting its priorities in order:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-45158961/new-cycling-law-missed-opportunity

RIP Dr Fischer
Poor man.
One the plus side,thousands of cyclists die every year on British Roads, but the Tories are intruducing the crime of death by Dangerous Cycling. The Maybots know a popularist Policy when they see one.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cycling-law-conservatives-jesse-norman-bike-chris-boardman-dangerous-careless-jeremy-vine-a8488956.html
Cyclists kill people too Gromit.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/18/cyclist-charlie-alliston-jailed-for-18-months-over-death-of-pedestrian

I too was flattened by a cyclist outside the national library because he considered his time trumped the right of way I had at the crossing I was using.
Mushroom,
Sorry to hear about your bad encounter with a cyclist but fortunately you were not injured. There are undoubtedly twits on 2 wheels. But lasy year, 18,477 cylists were injurred on the roads, but the Government are doing nothing [Zero] to protect them. Instead they are introducing legislation to make prosecution of more cyclists easier.
Gromit: "One the plus side,thousands of cyclists die every year on British Roads,"

Not like to to grossly exaggerate then?

About 100 cyclists die as a result of collisions or coming off their bikes on the roads in Great Britain each year. And more than 3,000 are seriously injured.
"Instead they are introducing legislation to make prosecution of more cyclists easier"

Yes, this should stop the idiots, why do you have a problem with that?

Have you ever tried to walk around the City (London) during rush hour?

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