THE family of a woman killed after being knocked off her bike by an HGV have hit out at Euro politicians for a further delay in a response to their fight to change the law.

Eilidh Cairns, 30, from Ellingham, near Alnwick, Northumberland, died after being knocked off her bike by a driver who failed to see her in London in 2009.

Eilidh, who went to the town’s Duchess’s High School, was living in the capital where she worked for a television production company when she was killed.

Her family and North East Euro MP Fiona Hall launched the See Me Save Me fight to change European law to get heavy goods vehicles fitted with cameras and sensors to remove their blind spot.

It was hoped it would save thousands of lives and prevent serious injuries across the continent each year.

They sent letters to friends across Europe, translating them into all 23 languages spoken across the continent, urging people to ask their local member of the European Parliament to support a written declaration proposing the changes.

They also won backing from Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher, Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Rebecca Romero, leading racing cyclist Elise Sherwell and national road safety charities Sustrans and Brake.

Eilidh’s sister Kate Cairns, an independent sustainability adviser who lives at Newton by the Sea, near Alnwick, travelled to the parliament’s base in Strasbourg to drum up support.

She and Eilidh’s mother, Heather Cairns, a former leader of Alnwick District Council and a retired teacher who still lives at Ellingham, did so twice while a demonstration was held at Hyde Park Corner in London to highlight lorry drivers’ blind spots, and the kind of devices which can be fitted to help them see around their vehicles.