{"id":2593,"date":"2017-09-11T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2017-09-11T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:20:33","slug":"lorry-blind-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2017\/09\/lorry-blind-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorry blind spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2594\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2017\/09\/lorry-blind-spots\/blind2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2594 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind2-300x191.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind2-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind2-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind2.png 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">None of the cyclists shown are directly visible to the driver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was an interesting experience to sit in the cab of a HGV and see how the driver&#8217;s visibilty is so restricted. In particular, whilst I was aware of being very careful on the left hand side of the vehicle, I hadn&#8217;t appreciated how vulnerable cyclists could be in front of the vehicle (in, for instance, the cycling area created by an advanced stop line).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2017\/09\/lorry-blind-spots\/blind\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2595\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2595\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind-768x1158.png 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind-679x1024.png 679w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blind.png 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Loughborough University have done a lot of research on behalf of the DfT (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportenvironment.org\/publications\/ending-lorries-deadly-track-record-matter-direct-vision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> for full details) including the chart on the left showing the areas that drivers can see directly, those they can see in their mirrors, and those that are invisible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an interesting experience to sit in the cab of a HGV and see how the driver&#8217;s visibilty is so restricted. In particular, whilst I was aware of being very careful on the left hand side of the vehicle, I hadn&#8217;t appreciated how vulnerable cyclists could be in front of the vehicle (in, for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2017\/09\/lorry-blind-spots\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lorry blind spots<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}