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@H-Bomb
Fuck me there are some weapons out there.
Firstly, one guy coming to the end of Bethnal Green Road, turning left onto Shoreditch High Street.
He's in the left lane, behind a car, I'm in the right lane which is clear in front of me.
He's wearing headphones, and then doesn't look over his shoulder or indicate when changing lanes, and cuts me up. At that point, if I was a car, he would probably have been run over. Just for good measure, he then jumps the red light, and turns onto Shoreditch High Street, without looking for traffic coming south. Luckily there wasn't any.
Then, in the heavy rain we had the other week, some guy on a brakeless fixed gear, no foot rentention, and also headphones on, is cycling less than a metre behind a bus. The bus would have only had to touch the brakes, and he would have been fucked.