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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by spacecowboy_lon on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @05:21AM (#11201855)
From experience cycling in london cars don't belch as much nasty crap into the atmosphere and its the big vehicles buses and lorries lorries turning into you that are the real killers.
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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by jkyle on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:01PM (#11204067)
Busses here have been natural gas for a while.[1] We don't have many lorries here, mostly very large 18 wheelers and local deliver trucks...I count the delivery trucks amongst the regular car drivers. I wouldn't say they're more dangerous, though not less.

1. http://anga.us/blog/2013/5/16/cleaner-transportation-powered...

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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by spacecowboy_lon on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @06:01AM (#11209208)
Around 90% of the cyclist fatalities in London are caused by lorries
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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by bazzargh on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @06:22AM (#11209278)
The figure is more like 50%, despite lorries being only around 5% of the traffic (see eg http://lcc.org.uk/pages/cycling-near-lorries, http://www.cyclelaw.co.uk/cyclists-and-hgvs). They are disproportionately dangerous, but not to the extent you suggest.
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