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Do we have a good drivers thread? Should we have 1?
I had the rare pleasure to be riding alongside / in front of a cement lorry today coming from new cross to Camberwell. When I first encountered the lorry, I thought shit the road is narrowing down and the bike lane is disappearing... Shit, he is gonna go pass me any second... To my surprise, the driver slowed down, driving behind me patiently with a very respectable distance, until there was a clear bike lane, a bus lane and a normal lane, I then slowed down and signalled to let him pass, he did that and gave me a gentle honk in response once he's passed safely, which was nice. I caught up with him a couple of minutes later, he got stuck behind a few buses, I filtered through. Maybe a couple of traffics lights later, he caught up with me, drove behind me once again with a respectable distance, very patient driver. If it wasn't for the dickhead bus driver got in the way somehow, I wanted to stop at the next traffic light and take his details so I can call his company to send a compliment. A real example of how a lorry should be driven.