It's always the simple ideas that are the best - I first noticed these in Basel last year, and understand they are pretty common across much of continental Europe.

Why are they only going to put them on the London "Superhighways" though - surely these would be a good addition to all traffic light junctions?!

Why is the 'cyclist' in the picture along side the bus and not right in front in the advanced stop line? Deserves to be squashed for being stupid and not learning the highway code!

I agree with Monst, cyclict in pic could be 10 - 12 feet further forward, and coach driver would see him directly. However, coach driver does have quite low screen height, which might not be the case in an artic.

It seems to me that Bus's and Lorry drivers try and 'compete' with cyclists rather than be patient and except that cyclist have just as much right to the road. I'm not sure curved mirrors are not going to stop this behaviour.....

An artic went past me on Friday on a steep a steep hill that was only just narrow enough to get cars on both side. It inevitable nearly killed me and ended up pushing me into the gutter despite me taking a strong and safe position.

Half way up the hill it was struggling both because of the incline and the cue of traffic. For the first time in a year I went up the curb passed him waved at the driver and a simply aked him what the f*ck he was doing. I cycled on, leaving him in the cue,

As in all walks of life there are some stupid people that just can't read the road and can't understand that the speed in a city will always be limited and there is just no point trying to 'get past' a cyclist unless there really is safe room as more than likely we will just catch them up....... Whoops I'm ranting again.

Tom

It's a good idea and whould be rolled out everywhere - without exception!

With regards to the cyclist in the pic not using the ASL, that is a bit silly. I normally put myself in the ASL position regardless of whether Edinburgh City Council have decided to paint one on the road or not. Of course we have a big problem with road maintenance in Edinburgh, particularly with coloured road surfacing, and a big problem with drivers ignoring ASLs.

We need a national "Get Behind The Box" campaign as well at the mirrors.

http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=185112

Vialux® the largest manufacturer of convex mirrors in Europe and supplier under license to a well known cycle safety mirror company in Germany.

In January 2009, Vialux® launched the “Cyclomir®" across Europe, and since have had ongoing technical discussion with TFL.

The Cyclomir® (or an alternative)does not feature in a document called the TSRDG(The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002). Managed by the DFT, this is a law of what can and cannot go on a road; as such it would be illegal for a County Council or Traffic authority to use them.

Testing by the DFT will take a number of years (to see if the concept diminishes accidents in a given test area). Technically, standard installation must be established to ensure that all mirrors are all pointing in the right direction for use (& not to dazzle motorists), and correctly positioned on either a) a pole, b)a sign or traffic light. Clearly however all junctions are different & often traffic lights are at different heights.

Despite the above product development continues.

More info on dft - www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/

more on Vialux® - www.vialux.eu/