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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.  |
French lorry ban details
http://about-france.com/hgv.htm
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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.
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Part of the reason is because the cycle ways in London are Boris' baby and he is determined to make it work no matter who else it inconveniences ,i think he would gladly see everyone on a bike with buses ,cars and lorries banned from central london and to be honest most truck drivers will have no problem at all with being banned from London and just dumping the cornflakes at a warehouse near the M25 for customers to collect themselves .
