But the government said it will only back proposals if evidence that the changes will work is produced.
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However the government may not support the legislation at all. After the EU Parliament decision to approve the changes a month ago, a Department for Transport (DfT) statement read on the BBC Radio 4’s World at One questioned whether the proposed changes would result in “practical changes that will benefit UK road users”.
It added: “We will continue to work with our European partners to push for well thought out changes – for example, by ensuring trucks are fitted with mirrors to eliminate blind spots.”
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Kate Cairns, a campaigner for See Me Save Me, an organisation tackling lorry danger, said it takes HGV drivers up to six seconds to check the current array of mirrors and sensors inside current lorry cabs.
She told the World at One: “That is a ridiculous point about the mirrors… in the majority of cases the driver says they just didn’t see the cyclist. In inquest after inquest and investigation after investigation, the driver simply says I didn’t look in that mirror at that time and then nothing else happens. Mirrors are not working. We need direct vision”
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