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I'm new here but one of the reasons I found the forum was searching on Google for bad driving from Addison Lee. I was nearly run off the road (and was actually in a cycle lane at the time) by some horrendous driving by one of their drivers. As I swerved out of the lane I looked back at the guy who was leaning on his horn and watched him drive past me on his phone!
I caught up with him, although wasn't chasing him, and knocked on his window to ask what the hell he thought he was doing although that's not something I'd usually do. Must have been a bit in shock as I noticed I was knocking so hard on his window it was bending inwards. He jumped in his seat and started shouting at me but still had his phone in his hand!
I've decided to start tweeting each instance of Addison Lee's bad driving but they're, obviously, ignoring me at the moment.
Have also reported a bus driver for totally ridiculous driving (although I was just a witness to this, but he nearly took out two motorcyclists) and I got a decent reply back from the company and the police's safer driving scheme thanking me for bringing it to their attention.
I cycle each day around central London on my commute and have been nearly hit by a bus and actually hit by two black cabs and a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist decided to do an unbelievable manoeuvre and undertook me on the inside in a gap of only a couple of feet. He whacked into me and I just managed not to fall off my bicycle. When I caught up with him at the junction he was stopped at he claimed I was 'all over the road' which was just complete rubbish. I reminded him that he screamed past me from behind and drove into me and to be fair he did say sorry.