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@Donut
A similar move has happened to me twice in the past ten days, it’s starting to get routine on my way home (always home time).
The first time I was slammed into the kerb on Pentonville road because the driver got tired of the right-hand lane and didn't even look to see if anyone might already be in the left, and the second time a white-van got impatient and just screeched into me to try and jump the queue in the right. I only managed to catch-up with the first person, and they were totally unaware that anything happened, which is even more frightening. Why don't we just let blind people drive? Then, last night in Chelsea, I saw a people carrier just launch into the side of a scooter in pretty much the same move.
I'm starting to feel that something bad is just going to happen sooner or later, despite hardly ever being in the wrong. I've only just picked up my bike again after a year because I was knocked off by a total fuckface, again, because he didn't look, got impatient and just assumed that nobody vulnerable would ever be sharing the road with them. oh, and hello, I'm Donut.