Tour du Danger - Mark Ames' Opening Speech

Mark (of ibikelondon) gave a brief opening speech before we set off for the Tour Du Danger to ride round the 10 most dangerous junctions according to TFL.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• tour
• du
• danger
• ibikelondon
• cycling
• london

[Cliffjumper24]

I've seen numberous videos of cyclists filtering on the left of buses, trucks and cars which are indicating left..... and we often see comments of "Darwinism in action"

I don't mean to sound horrible, but when I hear about that a cyclist was killed, as dreadful as it is, I wonder how much was the traffic, and how much may have been their mistake.

It's time we started seeing some government advertising aimed at cyclists and motorists giving safety advice for these cases.

[hawickrfc]

Thanks to the Lord Mayor (who does even less than Boris for cycle safety) closing half the bridges I ended up doing E&C twice on Saturday... Second time wasn't nice, Volve to the left, van aiming for me... And Boris thinks a 12 year old could cycle safely around it? Well in the tourdudanger yes, if the road's closed, yes, but mid afternoon on a Saturday? No, certainly wouldn't even think of going there during the school run.

[TheLabRatt]

Dear Mr Mayor, I feel lucky to have escaped with my life every time I go round Elephant and Castle.

I do it in a car...

[openbath]

Mark is fast becoming my hero thanks to his hard work for the cause.

[dronespace]

I wonder if the area round the Old Street roundabout makes the list.

That place has had a lot of cyclist deaths and injuries.