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Oliver Schick
@Currid
Almost got taken out by a Police 4x4 yesterday eve, and by almost I mean they locked up and I just scooted my rear wheel out of the way to avoid them slamming into the side of me.
Was crossing (on a green) over Tower Bridge Road next to Elephant Roundabout via the Greenwalk cycle crossing, the bloke in front sailed over and I rolled out into the road only to have the blue lights catch my eye to my right. I stopped as wasn't sure whether they'd try and swerve around and they slammed on the brakes and managed to start locking up the wheels, had one foot clipped in and just managed to squeeze out of the way. The driver had come steaming out of Elephant and Castle roundabout (at about 5:30pm) with lights but no sirens, absolute fucking joke driving. They briefly stopped about 50 yards down the road and rolled off, was in a bit of shock so didn't manage to catch their plates etc.