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Close call for me, but another guy was not so lucky...
He was on an MTB and got knocked down by an SUV doing the overtake and mindless-left turn manoeuvre westbound on Euston Road last night. He was in the left hand lane, I was in the centre of the same lane a few metres behind on the overtake when this 4x4 overtook us both and instantly turned left in front of us.
I had to brake/swerve to stop myself hitting the back of it while the MTB rider got knocked down by the passenger side door (he ditched it well, could've been a whole lot worse). The driver didn't even stop, MTB guy, myself and a good Samaritan had to chase him down a couple of backstreets before stopping him at a junction.
His deadly-serious defence: "How fast were you going?!"
God help us.
Was well impressed with MTB guy's composure during the exchange actually, not sure I would've been anywhere near as composed if it had been me on the road (I made a lunge for the rear windscreen wipers during the hit!)