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Top end of Church Street putting the hammer down to get to work. Coming up to overtaking a female cyclist just as two cars coming the other way indicate to turn right across on coming traffic. Car one sees a gap between me and first bike and decides to gun it, oblivious to the fact I'm going twice as fast as the first bike. I'm just about to to start jesturing and shouting when car two follows without even looking my way... I was convinced I was going down but the driver must of had a sixth sense (or heard me screaming) because he stopped half way through the turn while I flew in towards the kerb passing the front of his car by about 3inches.
I was approaching the junction in the middle of the lane and made eye contact with the first driver and couldn't believe he went for the gap. But in restrospect maybe I should have anticipated the second driver might have done something stupid and slowed right down. Live and learn...