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@pdlouche
Been cut up a few times over this week, and have definitely jumped a fraction of the red lights I've seen others do.
Going up the end of Walworth Road, coming round to the lights to go right to E&C (where left goes Kennington). A little busy, late morning, and I rolled through to filter between buses and vans into the ASL, it was with enough space.
But a few moments earlier, just before the turn, going under the railway bridge I thought it a bit weird the middle aged guy on his tatty folding bike going on the outside, wide around the buses.
I move past the bus into the ASL and slam on the brakes, inches before going into his side as he zips right in front of me with a "s'ry mayt". Having gone the whole width of the ASL, he parks himself diagonally in front of me, with no clue if he wants Kennington/Oval or E&C.
Sunshine, eh?