Vigil held for cyclist killed on Belfast road

Cameron Clarke said he attended the vigil to “make a point”.

“I think I’ve nearly been killed four or five times this year already,” he told BBC News NI.

“It’s important to come out today and say ‘it needs to get better’.

“I live in a part of the city where there’s ok infrastructure but if I lived in the north or the west of the city I would reconsider cycling.”

Niamh Scullion says she cycles everywhere.

“It is dangerous, you always have to cycle defensively,” she said.

“In fact, on the way down today I almost got squashed in between a car and a bus as the car was pulling out and I was in a cycle lane.

“It’s definitely dangerous and we need to bring awareness to those dangers.”

Cailan Baites said she believes what happened to Gary, could have happened to anyone.

She said: “I think just making cycle lanes mandatory rather than optional would make a huge difference just in terms of not having to pull out into the main road to get around cars.”