Boris Johnson's lorry 'near-miss'

[stockhausen]

Now this IS scary http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8066461.stm

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has had what was described as a "near-miss" with a lorry while riding his bicycle in east London.

The incident, caught on a private security camera, happened as the mayor cycled in a street in Limehouse. As a lorry overtook him, its back doors flew open and hooked the windscreen of a parked car, dragging it for several yards before smashing into another.

 

[Muffin`]

No audio in work - but - Speedbumps, dangerous things.

Poor Mk1 Mondy

 

[PESolution]

lol

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Wow, a lorry door that can grab.

 

[Sash]

Lol, cyclists.

 

[Burnsy2023]

That is quite scary.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Lucky no-one was hurt although that's obviously a freak occurence with little you could do to prevent it.

 

[xb8browney]

little you could do to prevent it.

Apart from making sure the doors were securely closed

 

[bledd]

Apart from making sure the doors were securely closed

!

 

[antijoke]

Shame it wasn't Gordon Brown.

 

[Cosimo]

That is freaky, those cyclists were lucky to be unhurt.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Apart from making sure the doors were securely closed

And if they thought they already had? Sometimes you've got to accept that no matter how careful people try to be they will make mistakes and leave things unfastened.

 

[xb8browney]

And if they thought they already had? Sometimes you've got to accept that no matter how careful people try to be they will make mistakes and leave things unfastened.

True. It could have been a mother and baby at the end of the day.

 

[CrowK]

Shame it wasn't Gordon Brown.

He could have been the driver, who knows !!

 

[Greenlizard0]

He could have been the driver, who knows !!

Sure the driver wasn't a disgruntled scouser?

 

[elroberto]

Sure the driver wasn't a disgruntled scouser?

No, the lorry driver clearly had a job!

 

[fini]

And if they thought they already had? Sometimes you've got to accept that no matter how careful people try to be they will make mistakes and leave things unfastened.

You could make it so that the vehicle won't move away if the doors are open/unlocked.

 

[aardvark]

And if they thought they already had? Sometimes you've got to accept that no matter how careful people try to be they will make mistakes and leave things unfastened.

i guess they should try harder - whoever was responsible for securing the doors is liable for anything that results.

 

[WalesOwl]

They said Boris was flustered. LOL.

 

[semi-pro waster]

You could make it so that the vehicle won't move away if the doors are open/unlocked.

And who is to pay for retro-fitting it to the millions of commercial vehicles on the roads? Cost/benefit analysis in preventing a freak incident like this doesn't look very promising on an initial glance.

i guess they should try harder - whoever was responsible for securing the doors is liable for anything that results.

So they are. Yet still I can't help thinking that even with ever more rigorous safety standards that sometimes inevitably people will fail in their duty and that's unfortunate but c'est la vie.