Traffic faces ban from notorious Bank junction after cyclist Ying Tao, 26, killed

Bod

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Dec 2, 2016, 1:04:43 PM12/2/16

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Lorries, cars and taxis are set to be banned from one of London’s most
notorious junctions during the day.

The City of London Corporation today confirmed that it planned to press
ahead with an 18-month trial of a 7am to 7pm ban at Bank from April in
an attempt to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

The move follows the death in June last year of Oxford and Cambridge
graduate Ying Tao, 26, who was hit by a turning HGV as she cycled to work.

A total of 34 cyclists and 31 pedestrians were injured in the 7am-7pm
period between 2011 and last year and City experts predict the move
could cut casualties by 50 to 60 per cent.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/traffic-faces-ban-from-notorious-bank-junction-after-cyclist-killed-a3410521.html

mycro...@gmail.com

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Dec 2, 2016, 1:15:41 PM12/2/16

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How old is that junction?
If it was there before motor vehicles then there can be no possible objection.

JNugent

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Dec 2, 2016, 3:18:05 PM12/2/16

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It was there before bicycles and buses, too.

James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 2, 2016, 4:58:17 PM12/2/16

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This is the 21st century. Make the junction handle cars, don't remove them and go back to 18th century vehicles.

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Simon Mason

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Dec 2, 2016, 5:18:31 PM12/2/16

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Cyclists_at_red_2.jpg

mycro...@gmail.com

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Dec 2, 2016, 5:19:11 PM12/2/16

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If only Nugent could grasp this simple concept.

James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 2, 2016, 5:36:27 PM12/2/16

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What is this? 15 cyclists obeying the stupid light and two ignoring it?

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James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 2, 2016, 5:37:01 PM12/2/16

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I was not aware that Nugent was a silly cyclist.

mycro...@gmail.com

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Dec 2, 2016, 5:53:42 PM12/2/16

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Nugent thinks that any public thoroughfare that has "foot" in it's title should be off limits to cyclists for ever and ever, Amen.
Motorists, OTOH should be allowed to drive wherever they like, whenever they like, however they like.
Even if a road was built solely for horses such as the numerous Mews streets in London.

JNugent

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Dec 2, 2016, 6:31:54 PM12/2/16

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You "think" that mews (alleyways rather than streets) were built solely
for horses, do you?
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mycro...@gmail.com

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Dec 2, 2016, 7:43:55 PM12/2/16

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White man speaks with forked tongue.

JNugent

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Dec 2, 2016, 7:57:15 PM12/2/16

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Indeed; it seems that you do.

Bod

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Dec 3, 2016, 12:48:59 AM12/3/16

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>>> >> The move follows the death in June last year of Oxford and Cambridge
>>> >> graduate Ying Tao, 26, who was hit by a turning HGV as she cycled
>>> to work.
>>> >>
>>> >> A total of 34 cyclists and 31 pedestrians were injured in the 7am-7pm
>>> >> period between 2011 and last year and City experts predict the move
>>> >> could cut casualties by 50 to 60 per cent.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/traffic-faces-ban-from-notorious-bank-junction-after-cyclist-killed-a3410521.html
>>>
>>> >
>>> > How old is that junction?
>>> > If it was there before motor vehicles then there can be no possible
>>> objection.
>>>
>>> This is the 21st century. Make the junction handle cars, don't
>>> remove them and go back to 18th century vehicles.
>>>
>> If only Nugent could grasp this simple concept.
>
> I was not aware that Nugent was a silly cyclist.
>

No, he's just silly.

James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 3, 2016, 4:05:10 PM12/3/16

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cycling is a subset of silly, not the other way around.

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James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 3, 2016, 5:30:28 PM12/3/16

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They seem to be going back that way, new housing estates with single lane roads! WTF?

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This is surely proof positive that Alabama was at one time the Garden of Eden.

JNugent

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Dec 3, 2016, 5:46:41 PM12/3/16

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Don't diss the planners.

They've worked out to stop cyclists abusing the footways - don't build any.
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James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 3, 2016, 6:22:58 PM12/3/16

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I can't wait till they get jailed for forcing kids to play in the middle of the road and get run over. How fucking stupid is that?

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Simon Mason

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Dec 3, 2016, 11:36:30 PM12/3/16

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On Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:22:58 UTC, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

>
> I can't wait till they get jailed for forcing kids to play in the middle of the road and get run over. How fucking stupid is that?

Not stupid at all - ask the Dutch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woonerf

James Wilkinson Sword

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Dec 4, 2016, 9:39:27 AM12/4/16

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It's fucking stupid, and bloody dangerous.

Stupidity number 1:
A pointless sticky out bit everybody drives round, right on a junction! I constantly see people almost driving into each other:
https://goo.gl/maps/VrgFuyS8t3o

Stupidity number 2:
No pavements, kids playing all over the road, cars coming round a blind bend:
https://goo.gl/maps/GpnCXVNTCts

Stupidity number 3:
Girl had to get onto the grass with her bicycle to allow the Google camera car past on a single track road. And it's a farce when a delivery van can't park anywhere and nobody can drive through:
https://goo.gl/maps/LtenM5EZszF2

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