Kate Cairns has been campaigning for a change in the law after the death of her sister Eilidh, who was cycling to work when she was killed by an HGV in 2009. | ITV News Tyne Tees
Eilidh Cairns, 30, was killed by an HGV while cycling to work. Her sister's campaign for stricter safety regulations will now become law in 29 countries.A campaigner whose sister was killed by an HGV while cycling to work has said thousands of lives could be saved by a road safety law set to be introduced in 29 countries - including the UK.
The new law will see cabs designed with larger windows at the front and side of HGV vehicles in order to reduce the number of driver blindspots.Kate Cairns has been fighting for years for stricter safety standards for heavy goods vehicles through her campaign, See Me Save Me.Kate said: "It's a huge achievement done in Eilidh's name because she was such an amazing person. I had such love for her.
She knew how dangerous heavy goods vehicles could be for cyclists and took a course to understand how HGV drivers have blind-spots hiding other road users. "This has affected my professional life as well as my personal life. I have campaigned for over a decade but now I am actually a professional speaker, a trainer and advisor in construction logistics and managing out/designing this risk because these are not accidents. They are crashes. They are avoidable and they are preventable. There are many many ways we can avoid these collisions."
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