Moment cyclist crashes into pensioner at Sadiq Khan's 'floating' bus stop: ... trends now
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Footage captured the moment a cyclist smashed into a pensioner while whizzing past one of Sadiq Khan's floating bus stops.
The elderly pedestrian is seen walking across the bike lane to reach the bus stop at a zebra crossing when they are caught by the passing cyclist and hurled to the floor.
So called 'floating' bus stops have been a topic of contention in London, with leaked figures showing that as many as 60 per cent of cyclists do not give way at zebra crossings.
In the clip shared by blind charity NFBUK, cyclists are even seen swerving onto the pavement where the crossing is flush with the cycle lane.
It called for the 'chaotic and downright dangerous' junctions, such as the one near St Thomas's hospital on Westminster bridge, to be scrapped.
A clip showed an elderly pedestrian being knocked over by a cyclist at one of Sadiq Khan's floating bus stops
Blind charity NFBUK called the configuration, which requires pedestrians to cross oncoming cycle traffic to board their bus
It added that the configuration put visually impaired people at particular risk, with the boarding 'islands' shown to be
