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For not being far forward enough at a red light, end of Hackney road, crossing Shoreditch High Street on the way to Old Street... had my front tyre on the line, taxi to my right. Fat middle aged Scotch wanker comes up behind me, mounts the kerb to my left, stops next to me and goes "you're not supposed to stop there, move up" shaking his head at me. He then goes past the pedestrian crossing bit, up to the very corner onto the high street, so far forward that he can't see the light change green and holds up everybody behind him. I was too baffled to react beyond making a puzzled face, probably for the best.
Even though it was nothing, it's been boiling my piss all day. I'm quite new to London (and even newer to cycling in London) so it was just a new experience of a particular type of wanker for me. I'm sure I'll get used to it. So far cross words have been exchanged with perhaps 5 cyclists and one lorry driver.
While I'm at it, what's the consensus on here re running red lights? If I were unfamiliar with the rules surrounding them I would assume they were optional for cyclists.
It wasn't like this back in Norwich.