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I just saw a near accident down my road that could have been fatal had the truck not pulled up for the tightness of the road he was turning into.
I popped down from my building to go buy biscuits at around quarter past 11 and walked the few meters to the intersection of Ferndale and Brixton high road. There was a massive flat-bed truck loaded with brick pallets and a mini-crane, there was a guy riding in the tight gap between the truck and the curb and he was level with the middle of the flat bed.
I saw the truck indicate but I'm not sure if the cyclist could of/was paying attention and the truck swung in sharply forcing the cyclist inwards to the curb.
Luckily the truck was forced to stop as it was too big to fit around the corner at the angle it was attempting to.
Had it been a wider road and I am convinced the back wheels would have rolled straight over this guy.
I don't think the driver even saw him and proceeded to trundle along on his merry way.
This and incidents like this must happen a hundred times a day and it is only good fortune or last-second yanking on the brakes and scrambling to the curb that are keeping the casualties down.
Judging the situation from the curbside I would have never put myself in that gap unless it was a very long road with no turns or had it been stationary traffic, which isn't for a second absolving the "indicate and turn" ignorance of the truck driver.
Stay safe.