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Self call out. Heading northbound on Drury Lane, one of those penis-proxy pick up trucks suddenly pulls out of the side street on my left, forcing some hard braking and annoyance. I start accelerating again only to see a pedestrian crossing at the zebra who'd been hidden by the van.
Full emergency stop mode, had me halt inches from the poor woman. I apologised profusely. WAC. It would have served me right to have failed to unclip in time and keeled over (this nearly happened)
The pickup did block my view, but therefore I should have been going slower.