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@woffle
oddly enough I was nearly killed there myself this afternoon - coming down to the stops with bus indicating to cut across into the central lane into stationary traffic - he started to move across and I positioned myself on the outside of the left hand lane to carry on down behind him when he'd completed switching lanes.
then someone waved a hand from the next stop down and the bus swerves straight back to the stops without indicating. I'd be toast if I a) wasn't sensible enough to know NOT to pass stationary traffic on the left and b) wary enough of bus drivers and their seeming belief that size = automatic right of way / amazing ability to override traffic rules.
I've cycled over London Bridge twice a day for 7+ years and seen lots of near misses as well as a couple of rear-end shunts, both involving buses - one going north where they cut across two lanes of traffic and another at the same point as the accident today. Never seen a cyclist hurt though thank god although there have been a few scrapes with people bombing down the inside of the left hand lane southbound (left turn only) and then try and go straight on over the lights (only to be met with the side of a car doing just that across their path.
Glad to hear everyone's ok.