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Originally Posted by martyh
we would absolutely love it and it is workable ,it already happens in france.
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My understanding, if I heard correctly, is that in Paris the ban is all day not just peak hours. Given the vagaries of London traffic, what'd happen to those lorries which enter London off peak but are stuck there due to traffic problems or whatever? They can't just park up for the day can they. How is all major development work going to be carried out in London if lorries are banned all day and if some of the night time restrictions are lifted I'm sure there'll be an awful lot of Londoners complaining about being woken up in the night? Am I missing something here?
Anyway why are we suddenly considering banning lorries after half a dozen cycling deaths when thousands of pedestrians and other road users are killed year in year lout by cars and other vehicles every year and very little seems to be done.
If, by a similar quirk of fate or coincidence, there are no further cyclists killed this year and in 2014 the figures are back on a par with recent years will that mean lorries suddenly don't need to be banned? I'm sorry but, whilst all such deaths are tragic, I see a massive overreaction gathering pace here.