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So I was approaching this ‘priority over oncoming vehicles’ sign in Essex and the white van on the other side has clearly seen me. But as I come closer the white van guy actually hits the gas and speeds up. I reckon he must have wanted to play chicken with me and score some personal victory when I threw myself to the ground or crashed into the bollards. I didn’t and as such we met at the narrowest part at the same time. The best I could do was got as close to the kerb as possible, his windshield passed my
leftright handlebar with about 10 - 20 cm.I was going at roughly 16 mph and he must have been going close to 40 mph. I couldn’t brake, as any wobble on my part would have made it all the more risky.
The sickest thing of all was that he had to kids next to him in the front seat, I am guessing both were younger than 5. If had wobbled I would have gone trough the windshield and who knows what would have come of the kids. It happened too fast for me to check number plates etc, and I had no chance of turning around and catching up with him as there are no traffic lights for a long stretch either side of that point. After a few minutes, once my adrenaline had subsided, I noticed my hands shaking.
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