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Light drizzle while going west by King's College/Somerset House. I was clearly established in the right-hand lane, and had a BMW trying to overtake, so no room to my right. Que the driver of stationary number 521 to wait until I'm passing his bus before pulling out sharply to the right (wheels over but no indicator on) - and he had clearly seen me in the mirror. Rod brakes on the 1930 roadster ineffective to me slow down significantly in time (I doubt anything would have been), and the BMW continued to overtake. Managed to miss the front corner of the bus by about an inch, and was missed by the BMW by the about the same. Bus driver responded to cry of (in the circs., quite mild) "Hey, what are you doing" with a tirade of swearing with associated gestures.
On the plus side, I had a very helpful call to TFL, who took a careful note of my complaint. Only a 1 minute wait to speak to an operator, and every chance is the chap will be identified. Clearly enough for a careless driving charge, and I expect his reaction will be on the internal CCTV. Too optimistic for a TFL complaint to result in any sanction for him?