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LONDON: Mayor announces plans allowing cyclists to turn left at red lights
12:35pm Tuesday 14th April 2009 in
BORIS Johnson, has mooted a new scheme which will allow cyclists to legally turn left at red lights in London in a bid to reduce road deaths.
The Mayor of London has written to the Department for Transport outlining a plan aiming to allow cyclists to negotiate junctions ahead of vehicles, after four cyclists have been killed on London's roads this year.
Cyclists can currently be handed a £30 fine for running red lights.
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