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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

How AI technology and radar equipment is being fitted to HGVs to save lives of London cyclists and pedestrians

New technology being fitted to HGVs in London to prevent collisions with cyclists and pedestrians has been described as “phenomenal” and a “game changer” - while one injured cyclist believes it could have prevented the crash that almost claimed her life.

Victoria Lebrec, 34, who lost a leg after being critically injured by a left-turning lorry in Clerkenwell in 2014, welcomed the upgraded “direct vision” safety standards being introduced by Transport for London.

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