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NurseHolliday
A beautiful moment this morning on Brixton Road.
I was part of a large group of cyclists waiting patiently behind a LWB Transit-Tipper, held on red at the junction with Loughborough Road.
As we wait a young chap in a white Corsa with a black bonnet and roof approaches from Thornton Road on the left – he can’t exit the road as the Transit is in the way.
The lights turn green and the Transit moves off, as do the cyclists – but the chap in the Corsa decides he’s going to force his way out, as hey- they’re just cyclists.
So, staring at the large group of people that he is forcing to brake/evade he pulls out- and drives straight into the side of the Transit, which as he’s not looking where he’s going he hasn’t noticed is still in front of him, having moved off more slowly than he assumed.
This caused most of the cyclists to start laughing at him, a ray of ironic sunshine having broken through an otherwise overcast morning commute in London's famous London.