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@jadias
Had a near one yesterday. Busy traffic so I couldn't really leave as big a gap as I'd like behind the car in front. The car in front is a taxi. All taxi drivers are dicks. Taxi driver literally slams on his brakes to pick up a fare and doesn't bother to pull over at all (this is annoyingly commonplace here). I of course have to do the same - resisting the pedals for all I'm worth and wailing on the front brake. I brake so hard the rear wheel lifts off the ground and I manage to react quickly to shift weight and get it down again. Front wheel is about an inch off his bumper. Nearly faceplanted into the rear window.
I gave him a few choice words.
Later on I nearly got side-swiped by some suit-wearing dickhead in a huge Lexus. I managed to get alongside him at the next lights. I called him 'Executive fingerblast'. I don't know where that came from but it made me laugh.