Two recent traffic accidents involving cyclists and cars – one a 'dooring' and one a that can only be described as a driver flat-out running over a man on a bike with their car – provide a rather sobering backdrop to the introduction of Queensland's new 1m law next week. ….. As an Australian living in London who has commuted by cycle for over 20 years why, oh why do my fellow countrymen have such strange ideas on cycling….. and I just don't mean car drivers! …

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