{"id":14436,"date":"2013-12-08T00:07:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T00:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14436"},"modified":"2013-12-08T00:07:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T00:07:25","slug":"mandatory-cycling-lessons-for-hgv-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14436","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Cycling Lessons For HGV Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to understand the logic being applied by Islington Council, you have to take a look at the picture below.<\/p>\n

\"london_cyclist\"<\/a>Obviously, the only conclusion to be drawn from the idiotic behaviour being demonstrated by the cyclist is that HGV drivers need to take mandatory cycling lessons.<\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s right. Islington\u2019s knee-jerk reaction to the recent spate of cyclist fatalities (and innumerable other non-fatal incidents) in London is to make it compulsory for HGV drivers working for the Council to take the so-called \u201cSafe Urban Driving training course, or equivalent\u201d.<\/p>\n

That \u201cor equivalent\u201d part probably means that an NVQ in Pigeon Spotting would also suffice, but that\u2019s just speculation on my part.<\/p>\n

Of course, to anyone with any sense, the picture above would immediately prompt the introduction of mandatory IQ tests for cyclists \u2013 but we’re talking about a right-on leftie group, here.<\/p>\n

As you\u2019d expect, positive sounding grunts have come from pro-cycling groups. However \u2013 and also as you\u2019d expect \u2013 the proposals don\u2019t go far enough for them.<\/p>\n

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Ideally we\u2019d like to see lorries redesigned so they do not have blind spots, by lowering the windscreens to knee height, such as you see in coaches or some rubbish trucks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The moron in the photo would obviously be totally safe in that case. I mean, it\u2019s obvious. And then some prat in the Green Party says:<\/p>\n

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Getting heavy goods vehicle drivers out on their bikes will help build understanding between cyclists and lorry drivers.  However we must ensure that drivers of these large vehicles are not “driving blind” through crowded city streets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I despair that society has degenerated to the point where people can make puerile comments like this from positions of perceived power and responsibility. They\u2019re just idiots.<\/p>\n

As long as people like the guy in the photograph exist, it is obvious what needs to be done \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t involve re-training anyone driving a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In order to understand the logic being applied by Islington Council, you have to take a look at the picture below. Obviously, the only conclusion to be drawn from the idiotic behaviour being demonstrated by the cyclist is that HGV drivers need to take mandatory cycling lessons. Yes, that\u2019s right. Islington\u2019s knee-jerk reaction to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,86,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-bad-drivers","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}