Dozy c**t near dalston junction

how?? you're on a bike, not a car! you can't expect driver to do what you want them to do.

just cycle safety is all it take, look back a bit more, use hand signalling more, slow down gently, not quickly, do not weave in and out of traffic etc.

and top rule - always assumed that every vehicle on the road is being driven poorly, that will save your life than expecting a vehicle to be driven properly!

Thanks for the tips, as a newbie it is exactly this kind of info and advice that keeps me coming back to these fine pages...

+1 to nearly everything Oliver says.