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Thu 09 Sep 2008Trucks to be fitted with safety mirrors
HEAVY TRUCKS will have to be fitted with new safety mirrors from January 1st in a European Union-inspired move to cut deaths among pedestrians and cyclists who have been killed by truck drivers who simply could not see them.
Currently, because of the current style of mirrors fitted to many cabs, truck drivers are unsighted to their left and down, so often they fail to spot pedestrians who walk off a pavement at the last minute, or a cyclist on their inside.
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