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@cliveo
That is a horrible junction. I go past it from Old Street roundabout to Commercial Street every morning.
On my first ever bicycle commute, the junction was swathed with Police tape and a broken bicycle was lying ominously by a stationary car.
Riding east, there is the initial nasty when cars switch suddenly and often without warning into the left hand lane. Coming to the lights there are almost always HGVs and particularly earth moving vehicles there. It seems to attract them and they are always in the middle lane, ie the left lane for vehiles moving towards Commercial Street. However tempting it is to move forward to move away from them, the phasing of the lights is something to be wary of.
As Mr Smith said, better to arrive late or leave early than risk life or limb there.