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@danialdo
It's difficult to believe that only yesterday the news was full of stories about tipper trucks at peak times and the Bank junction bike demonstration, which obviously meant nothing to the guy on Lambeth Bridge this morning. Tipper truck going north, reaching the zebra crossing at the end, slows to a stop. I'm in the cycle lane on the inside, so also stop behind him so I can see the driver in his mirror and so not in his blind spot (yes bruv, cycle training it work good!). Guy on a hybrid behind me shouts "what you waiting for!" at me, skittles past me, down the inside on the truck which is just pulling off. He makes it past (more out of luck than skill) flies into the roundabout and does a right, and nearly gets t-boned by a car that is going straight into Horseferry Road. Cue lots of horn firing and shouting. I rode past feeling safe, a little smug, and thinking "why is he wearing a hoodie in this weather?"