Danger for Cyclists: Drivers Turning Left Across Your Path

Friday 31st May 2024

This month, Nick Newton CEng FCHIT, FIHE, FSoRSA, Reg RSA(IHE), the Director of T&RS Consultancy and Training, contributed to an article from Dublin Inquirer titled '𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠: 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ'.

This article from Dublin Inquirer highlights the danger cyclists face from drivers turning left across their path. Based on collision reports, 10% of incidents involve this scenario. Cyclists share their stories of being hit by cars and vans. The article explores solutions like driver education, cyclist awareness of hand signals, and engineering improvements like advanced traffic lights and flashing studs on cycle lanes. The limited visibility for HGV drivers is also addressed, mentioning new EU regulations requiring blind spot detection systems for cyclists on new HGVs. The article concludes with a call for action for quicker safety improvements. You can read the article in full here.

Nick said: '𝐼𝑛 𝑇&𝑅𝑆 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘'.

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