Death Vauxhall London

[Blue Hills]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cyclist-killed-in-crash-with-lorry-in-vauxhall-9468803.html

RIP

 

[Blue Hills]

yes, it appears so.

Stay well away from the things folks - pull over and let the things go past if there's any sign at all of them being driven thoughtlessly/aggressively or if they seem in any sort of rush - there aren't that many around - articulated lorries usually driven very carefully in my experience so just exercise common sense with those, particularly on bends.

be careful folks.

 

[numbnuts]

RIP condolances to family and friends

 

[Davidsw8]

Heard this on the news this morning just as I was about to leave, my usual daily route takes me through Vauxhall (but not this morning). Poor guy

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Tipper cull.

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I was stuck on a bus at Elephant for ages due to the accident and it certainly put my hangover into perspective. Poor man

 

[glenn forger]

The sixtieth cyclist death in the capital since 2000 . Rip rider, and they should turn comments off, there are some awful, indecent people posting stuff.

 

[glenn forger]

since 2010, sorry.

 

[thefollen]

The Vauxhall gyratory is a crazy section of road for cyclists. It's awful to hear someone was killed here but it's no real surprise. I ride through it on my commute. It's manageable after riding a few times and learning the best ways to negotiate the lanes. Must say in that process however there were some hairy moments.

 

[slowmotion]

There's something horrid about cycling under railway lines. They give me the creeps. Tooley Street et al. is my idea of Hell.

Sad news.

 

[vickster]

RIP

Vauxhall cross is indeed horrid, I had to shriek at a Dutch driver no less the other morning who was going to drive into me by changing lane without looking!

 

[Accy cyclist]

yes, it appears so.

Stay well away from the things folks - pull over and let the things go past if there's any sign at all of them being driven thoughtlessly/aggressively or if they seem in any sort of rush - there aren't that many around - articulated lorries usually driven very carefully in my experience so just exercise common sense with those, particularly on bends.

be careful folks.

From my experiences i've found that these tipper/skip hire trucks are driven by thick necked shaven headed rigger boot wearing w@nkers with a copy of the Daily Star or The Sport on the dashboard! I had one punish pass me on Monday,it was peeing down visibility was poor but the @#!t flew passed doing about 50mph missing me by inches,soaking me with spray from his stinking knob mobile!

Rant over!

 

[spen666]

The matter is reported in today's evening standard again
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...him-not-to-use-nastiest-junction-9542157.html
One line of the report stood out to me.
His brother is paying tribute to the deceased and amongst other things says...

He was always such a safe cyclist who always stuck to the left-hand side of the road.”

Sadly this goes to show the ignorance that the majority of the population have about what is safe cycling as opposed to what is convenient for the motorist