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ghost bike tribute to dead riders for safe driving

James | 14.02.2009 01:41

this is a good idea to help promote bike safety,
"More than 100 old bicycles painted white and chained to lampposts and railings have sprung up at ‘danger-spots’ over the past year. Dubbed ‘ghost-bikes’, they have been put there to warn motorists approaching dangerous bends to look out for cyclists and, in many cases, have been left at locations where riders were killed."

"The website developer has since placed more than 100 of them on the roadside in London, Oxfordshire, Manchester and Brighton, although local councils have removed many of them. He said: ‘Something had to be done. James was a great mate, a young man in the prime of his life."

"Some ghost bikes are temporary; the Oxford and York bikes have gone and one in Greenwich Park, south east London, was 'reluctantly removed after a month' following discussions with the Royal Parks. Some local authorities are more tolerant - the Brighton bike has been in place for nearly a year, while Transport for London, which controls the major routes in the capital, says: 'We wouldn't expect to be asked permission for a ghost bike and we wouldn't seek to remove it."

Last year 3,000 people, including 500 children, were killed on UK roads. More than 130 were cyclists.

 http://greenpartyblogs.org.uk/blog/09/02/13/white-ghost-bikes-pay-tribute-dead-riders-danger-spots-across

James