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Got overtaken by a tipper truck on a descent this morning, despite him only going a couple of mph faster than me, and there being several traffic islands. There's a set of traffic lights at the bottom which I am always wary of when I'm riding fixed. As I round the corner I see they are green, so offers the opportunity to blast through. I'm watching the lights, still wary of them changing so not going full blast which was very lucky since I caught out of the corner of my eyes brake lights on the the tipper truck light up as he lumbered to a dead stop AT THE FUCKING GREEN LIGHTS, right in my way. I managed to swerve to avoid him and by that time the lights were changing. I asked him why he stopped, after overtaking me on a fast descent, he mumbled something, then eventually pulled away after failing to notice they had changed again (mainly down to me).
Had I been less cautious on the descent I would have slammed into the back of him.