London Mayor not even knocked off his bike WAS RE: [bikeqld] Fwd: [NewMobilityCafe] London Mayor Nearly Killed While Cycling

[Peter Whittle]

From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au]
On Behalf Of Michael Yeates
Sent: Monday, 25 May 2009 7:52 AM
To: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: [bikeqld] Fwd: [NewMobilityCafe] London Mayor Nearly Killed While
Cycling

 

Hi ...

Not sure there is a useful message in the following ... except perhaps that
drivers should ensure their doors are properly shut and owners that their
equipment is safe ...!

Its hardly an "accident" ... especially given it was a rather narrow street
...!

In Brisbane it would be unlikely the CCTV footage would have been released
... but then it seems it would also be unlikely the Lord Mayor would be
cycling to check out the roads.

MY....................

Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 11:10:08 +0530

On Friday morning, while scouting possible locations for a bike path,
London's mayor, Boris Johnson, narrowly avoided being killed when a passing
truck crashed into a parked car and knocked it across the road he was
cycling on, missing him by only a few feet.

As a report in The Wharf, a newspaper that covers the London neighborhood of
Canary Wharf where Mr. Johnson and his small pack of cyclists were riding at
the time of the accident, noted: "The entire incident was captured on a
private security camera monitoring the Dunbar Wharf development on Narrow
Street." Here is the security camera footage, which shows the accident, and
Mr. Johnson emerging from behind the truck about 30 seconds later, holding
his helmet in one hand as he inspects the damage:

Continues:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/23/london-mayor-nearly-killed-while
-cycling/?hp 

 

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