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On Brockley Way yesterday, pulled out of the New Cemetery and a van started reversing towards me as I went round it. This is a no-through road, so I figured he'd gone the wrong way and would see me as he was going dead slow and was a good 5 metres away from me.
I pulled around the side and stood over my bike, stationary but still clipped in on the right. It took a couple of seconds before I realised that he either hadn't seen me or was was just fucking mental and was going to run me over. Somehow managed to jump out the way as he came past me, and 'only' clipped his wing mirror with my wrist, smashing it off.
I thought he'd hit my back wheel but somehow he missed it, and my bike (first time with my new frame as well) was totally fine.
Turned out he'd just crashed into a car and was fleeing the scene, which involved reversing at 20 miles an hour down a residential street, thankfully 10 or so people saw it and got his details.
By far the most FUUUUUCKKK moment I've had and luckily no injuries, even my wrist is fine (I reckon it's the muscle from 15 years of bass playing).