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On my ridiculously short commute there is a left turn at the end of Shoreditch High Street onto Redchurch street where peds never bother to look to see if a vehicle is turning in before crossing.
Yesterday morning I was following a van who was also taking the same turn. I was indicating to turn left (as was the van) and there was a family approaching the kerb. The van happilly went through while the family waited at the side of the road. Then they decided to start crossing the road infront of me with the father pushing the buggy out in front of him and the mother dragging a toddler behind her across the road. I could clearly see them all the way through this enconunter, they can't claim not to have seen me.
I shouted "WAIT!" as I was mid turn already and they just carried on. I had to divert right and nearly onto the pavement they had started crossing from to miss them. The dad looked at me and told me to watch where I was going. I nearly flipped at the cunt and was going to go on a four letter word tirade, but decided it wasn't worth it as natural selection would sort him out sooner or later.