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@neu
an illustrative example.
I was cycling up towards russel sq from holborn this morning and was in secondary on the 2 lane bit. As I came to crossroads going onto a one lane bit i looked behind, indicated and moved into that lane. I then went to primary in the single lane, and as I approached a pinch point (all of 50m down the road), this skip lorry accelerated behind me such that I had to swerve to the curb and stop before he stormed through. He wasn't stopping, and I was doing 20ish.
I know a revving engine behind you doesn't always mean they are going to plough through you but this guy wasn't stopping.
Of course I passed him almost immediately at the lights, where he quickly wound up his windows.
Just afterwards I was in secondary in the new wide 2 lane road on russel sq and a merc still drove within a foot of me with acres of space on his right.
Can't see what I did wrong here. I'm getting sick of having to anticipate reckless driving all the time. After all that is the point of riding in primary position; to dictate how motorists should drive in certain situations, because some of them are incapable of driving responsibly.