Cyclist Killed By Truck Driver

In another in a sad series of drivers of large vehicles killing cyclists,  Paula Sharaga age 69 was killed in Cambridge after being hit by a cement truck.

She was a peace activist, a librarian and will be missed sorely by her husband and family.

Details of the incident are still unclear, but what is clear is that whenever we hear of a pedestrian or cyclists being killed most of the time its someone driving a very large vehicle through a very crowded city.  Almost always the very large vehicle is lacking basic safety gear that would make the vehicle more safe in these situations.

How many people will need to die, before we make massive changes to what sort of traffic we allow in our cities, and what sort of safety equipment we require for them to have?  Large vehicles should have mandatory side guards, side mirrors, low mandatory speed limits, backup cameras, make them drive at non-peak traffic times, and for very very large vehicles mandatory front and rear safety vehicles to drive with them.

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