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@RYoung
Just about to write up two incidents from today. Just so happened to sign up to the Near Miss project and picked my diary day to be today...
Riding southbound from London Bridge this morning I was about to overtake a bus which was pulling away from a stop when I could see we were both approaching a pedestrian crossing (the one just before reaching Borough Station) which had just turned red. So I stopped behind the right rear corner of the bus and as the lights turned green we both set off, I kept my same line (just to the right of primary) as after the crossing the road splits into two lanes, with the left lane turning left (I was going straight). Just as I got up to speed and approached the pedestrian crossing, a Dominos Pizza moped mong flew past my right side, attempted to overtake the bus and then had to brake to a complete stop as there was absolutely no room between the bus and the island of the crossing. He then swerves as soon as the bus has passed him straight into the side of me and nearly takes us both out, no indicators, no checking his mirrors. Complete belm, starts shouting at me as I see him wobbling around behind me, then as I shout back what a retarded manoeuvre it was he just made, he offers me to stop round the corner and have a fight. So instead I took a photo of him.
Was a little surprised how easy it would have been to push him square off his bike, which is probably what I should have done. Or maybe that was just because I could see what was about to happen and could steady myself.
Then on my way home, I'm setting off from lights and have a red light jumping Astra fly from my right and then undertake a queue of cars infront of him by using the bike lane and almost flattens me, didn't look once to see if I or the 2 other cyclists were there. He delivered his takeaway across the road from me and I was extremely tempted to let his tyres down but the GF talked me out of it...
It's funny that a few years ago I was riding around as fast as I could and didn't give a shit about anyone else, and now that I slow down and stick to the rules as best I can, I feel I'm a daily target for the many tards who have somehow been allowed to drive a tonne of steel in an increasingly pointless 10+ mile queue to work that is London.
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