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Anticyclist sentiment.
Unremarkable in the grand scheme of cycling in London but shaken up by the level of rage directed at me cycling through Peckham today ... regularly encounter rage on this section of my cycle home as I filter into the bike box (how dare I?) then maintain position in the centre of the lane until my right turn - infuriates cars as they think because there is a bicycle gutter, I ought to be in it. Normally let the rage wash over me, but had a van sitting on my back wheel revving really heavily and was worried he was going to ram me, so moved to the left. I am sure he swerved towards me as he passed - completely focused on gesticulating and shouting abuse at me for having teh audacity to ride a bike.
Extra annoyed as I'd just been thinking about the Police "cracking down" on dangerous cyclists before this happened - I recently had a policeman on an ebike swoop in front of me at a junction near Trafalgar square (where I was waiting at a red light) to shout "CONTINUE TO WAIT AT THE RED LIGHT!!" before zooming off through it himself.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk / rant
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