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Yep, all because I was tired. Strangely tired too, like, more tired than I should have been.
I think I saw the gap emerging and it was an autopilot response flicking the bars. It was in no way a conscious choice to make the swerve-and-avoid. But I was angry I hadn't given more space and seen it coming sooner.
Damn that's not a nice crash, goes to show how useful armour is though.
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And all because you were tired? This is often when we let ourselves down. My worst crash as a courier was when I was pissed off by being sent well north of the North Circular for nothing. I was steaming back south on Green Lanes, badly wanting some work, fast filtering past two lanes of stationary traffic. I failed to notice a small gap in front of a bus. It had stopped to let a car out. The car pulled out sharpish without looking and turned towards me. Wheeee, a proper head on. My knee armour saved the day. The car required repairs. It was 3 days old. The driver started swearing at me while I was still spreadeagled on his windscreen. All the passengers got off the bus to shout at him that it was his fault. Which it was, technically, but what does that matter when the driver is comfy in his steel safety cage, and my kneecap is on the chopping block? I should have seen the gap opening up. And 99.99% of the time, I do. Don't bike angry. Take some breaths. Do the floppy chicken exercise.