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found this thread by reading that one ^^^
very sad and very scary.
i always try to "take the lane" if i can, and let drivers pass me at the next safe break in the parked cars. seems to work ok, other than the occasional pinchy moment on rejoining.
i do get honked at sometimes, but i have started to be more communicative with waving / thumbs-up / apologising when it's my fault, kind of stuff.
the main rule with taxis, in my book, is to give them as much space as possible. too many close calls has made me wary. a keen eye for those stickers in the back windows of non-black cabs helps too. and another keen eye for people flagging them down just before they drift suddenly across three lanes of traffic and right into your riding line.
i know that not all cab drivers are irrational, unpredictable, unobservant etc, but i think it's healthy to establish a mindset where you presume that they might be, and just stay at a safe distance. after all, it's not too easy to concentrate on the finer points of the highway code when you drive for nine hours every day. same goes for saturday night curb-stumblers and boris bike tourists: spot them, and presume they'll do something remarkably stupid. then get as far away from them you can.