"Oh Shit" moments...

MASSIVE oh shit moment this morning. Feel like an idiot for this one.

Heading south on charing x road, just by traf square. Went to overtake a queue of traffic, including a massive construction lorry. As I pulled out (no room to pull back in), I realised another construction lorry was coming towards me in the lane I was riding in, very fast. Quickly realised that there was no room to squeeze in next to the moving traffic on my left as it's a narrow bit of road.

Had to SPRINT towards the oncoming construction truck so I could dive in left at the last moment into the only gap in my lane.

Massive fail on my part. No reason to rush there, bad timing, and would have been entirely responsible for my own demise, would have been a disgusting 'squashed between two HGVs' scenario.

Pissed me off too as I'm usually zero risk when it comes to big trucks. Take your eye off the ball for a moment.... glad now to have had that experience as a reminder.

Rode like a fool for the last 5 mins of my commute after that, as could only think about how close it was. Idiot.

Ah, the out-of-character moment-of-impatience thing. I did something like that once, I was stuck behind a bus for what seemed like forever, and when it all finally opened up I belted round the outside of it only to be confronted with the rear end of a static car waiting to turn right. Grabbed a fistful of brake in panic, endo-ed but stopped in time, just. Idiot.

I was normally always super cautious but now I'm so conscious of not getting into a situation where I can't see further ahead than I have space to stop easily in. I think with stuff like that, it gets banked as experience and protects you from making that mistake again. So it's all good.