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@TheorySwine
Ride from Holborn to Ladbroke Grove saw nothing out of the ordinary, other than an increased police presence on foot at home and me coming as near as I've ever been to being wiped out by a vehicle - a cop car.
Made a left onto the Marylebone Road and within a seconds a squad car is bearing down on us. I have nowhere to go other than the lane I'd just joined, panic a bit and pull as far over to the left as I can as it was clear he wasn't stopping, fail to unclip so topple to my left and lean against the railings. I think I shut my eyes*. He roared past, hardly any loss of acceleration, sparing me all of 2 inches. It was terrifying. Cue gasps from onlookers. He was driving like a lunatic.
*I definitely shit my pants.