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Just experienced my first commute altercation in 14 years of London cycling, as I stopped at a crossing to let a pedestrian cross (ballsy move):
Bus pulls up alongside me, door open, and the driver begins gesturing and shouting, then he gets out.
Bus driver: "What are you f*cking doing?"
Me: “Letting the pedestrian cross”
Bus driver: “You f*cking idiot, what’s your problem?”
Me: “I’ve stopped to let the…”
Bus driver: “Do you know the f*cking highway code? Do you?!”
Me: “That man was crossing”
Bus driver: “It’s two crossings, you don’t stop til he’s on the second part”
Bus driver (to pedestrian): “This cyclist is a tw*t isn’t he?”
Pedestrian: “I don’t know, you seem…”
Bus driver (to me): “You f*cking idiot, I’ll stick a pin in your brake”
Bus driver gets back in bus and we both continue our journeys.