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@TooTallTim
Got it today along Park Lane, filtering across to the right hand lane to go down Curzon Gate. I was fine with all the traffic, signaled very clearly after looking over my shoulder, slowed down a bit, checked over my shoulder again, and some prick in a BMW was screaming up behind me blasting his horn as though I'd just pissed on his bonnet or something. I was totally in the right and he was being a Class-A dickhead, but I suddenly realised how horribly wrong it could have gone if he hadn't been looking ahead properly. Really shit me up for about 5 minutes and I hugged the curb cycling back again for a bit, before realising that was probably more dangerous, didn't exactly give off an air of confidence on the road (exactly the thing that gets you into accidents) so spent the rest of the day being much more assertive and act like traffic should. I even shouted at a couple of RLJers (sorry, really winds me up), if you want to be treated like traffic on the road, follow the same rules as everyone else.
The occasional brushes with fear are good, makes you realise that there is something you can improve to make yourself safer.