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@CanonAxe
Utter cockwomble in a black peugeot couldn't hold back for 30 seconds which in turn could have caused a massive accident and possibly death last night. A few of us went out for a spin cycling up Limpsfield road and wanting to make the right turn onto Slime Oaks Rd, two of us had dropped a little off the back to allow cars into the gap between us and the guys in front. They guys in front are just coming up to the right turn, all signalling and starting to moving over it's also on a slight bend just as they do this the knob jockey starts his overtake manoeuvre not seeing/not caring that there part of the road is narrowing so the driver is forced to use the on coming lane which of course there is a car coming, instead of slowing and pulling into the gap in front of us they accelerate into the ever narrowing gap between the group in front and the oncoming car. Luckily someone in the group in front must have checked behind saw this car and got everyone to move back from the middle of the road, I think if they hadn't the driver would have plowed into them or the driver would have hit the oncoming car but they somehow managed to get through the gap. It was so close the driver of the on coming car stopped just afterwards. Made me feel really sick watching that, apart from that was a lovely ride.
Unfortunately it happened so fast we couldn't get a picture or number plate.