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Re:London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zo... by Cockbrand on Monday September 23, 2024 @08:01AM (#41625158)
It’s similar in Germany, where truck drivers regularly kill cyclists on right turns and get away with a four figure fine and (if the judge has a bad day) a few months of license suspension.
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Re:London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zo... by umanwizard on Monday September 23, 2024 @08:16AM (#41625280)
That is not similar at all. In the US they would not get the four-figure fine nor the license suspension.
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Re:London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zo... by mettamage on Monday September 23, 2024 @08:12AM (#41625253)
Even if the cyclist has the right of way?
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Re:London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zo... by sva_ on Monday September 23, 2024 @09:29AM (#41625884)
All the damn time. Here's a recent one: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Radfahrer-erfasst-Lkw...

2700 Euro and 1 month license suspension.

In Germany, you have to cycle extremely carefully if you want to survive.

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Re:London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zo... by thefringthing on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:19AM (#41627090)
It's often said that if you want to get away with killing an American, first give them a bicycle. Drivers just say "they came out of nowhere" or "the sun was in my eyes" and that's that.
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Re:London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zo... by magicalhippo on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:18AM (#41627085)
Here in Norway, the one crossing lanes has the blame almost regardless. So with a bicycling lane on your inside, you have to be very, very careful.

However the exact limits to that are being tested. There's just been a case in front of the supreme courts here[1], where a e-cyclist in a bike lane got run over by a truck doing a right-hand turn in a busy intersection.

A similar case back in 2019 ended with 60 days of jail for the driver of the truck[2], though that one seems more cut and dry.

[1]: https://rett24.no/articles/dodsulykken-pa-st.hanshaugen-opp-...

[2]: https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/XgJWg7/syklist-paakjoert-l...

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