Lorry drivers the best road users, cyclists the worst, says haulage firm boss

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classic33

classic33

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Simple instruction, I thought.
 
glenn forger

glenn forger

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PK99 said:
A friend was a cycle trainer with one of the big London Cyle Training cooperative groups - and said very positive things about most HGV drivers and was VERY critical of the general standard of cycling and cyclist behaviour in London
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Did you explain to her that the lorry driver who killed cyclist Catriona Patel was drunk and chatting on a mobile?

The lorry driver who killed Eilidh Cairns had faulty eyesight (the police didn't even bother to discover this until the same driver killed another woman.)

The lorry driver who killed cyclist Brian Dorling turned across his path.

The lorry driver who killed cyclist Svetlana Tereschenko was in an unsafe lorry, failing to indicate and chatting on a mobile. The police decided to charge him with..nothing.

The lorry driver who killed cyclist Deep Lee failed to notice her and smashed into her from behind.

The lorry driver that killed cyclist Andrew McNicoll failed to notice him and side swiped him.

The lorry driver that killed cyclist Daniel Cox was in a truck which did not have the correct mirrors and whose driver had pulled into the ASL on a red light and was indicating in the opposite direction to which he turned?
 
glenn forger

glenn forger

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slowmotion said:
Per mile driven, do lorry drivers attract a greater number of driving convictions than car drivers, motorcyclists or bike riders?

Anybody know?
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47% of cars exceeded a 30mph speed limit in 2011, while 49% went faster than 70mph on a motorway. The proportions of motorcyclists breaking the same speed limits were similar, at 50% and 49% respectively.

The figures for articulated heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) were considerable higher, with 71% exceeding the single carriageway 40mph limit and more than four in five breaking the 50mph limit on dual carriageways.

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/sep/28/road-deaths-great-britain-data
 
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classic33

classic33

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glenn forger said:
47% of cars exceeded a 30mph speed limit in 2011, while 49% went faster than 70mph on a motorway. The proportions of motorcyclists breaking the same speed limits were similar, at 50% and 49% respectively.

The figures for articulated heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) were considerable higher, with 71% exceeding the single carriageway 40mph limit and more than four in five breaking the 50mph limit on dual carriageways.

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/sep/28/road-deaths-great-britain-data
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Sorry you ruled every other type of vehicle out of this, bar cyclists & lorries. Cars, motorcyclists cannot be included, by your own rule.
 
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pauldavid

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The care home staff obviously went in to sedate Glenn at 00:31 looking at the last post timings.

Let's hope they gave him enough to hold him under for a good 12 hours at least, I think we all need the rest.

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