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Turning on to Jamaica today I was in the Bus Lane, accererating along with a van who was one lane over in the regular lane.
Being diagonally behind the leading van I was in the blind spot for anyone coming the other way who wanted to turn right, across our lanes, into a side road.
Lo and behold a cyclist turned abruptly across my path towards said road immediately after the van had passed him without checking to see if there was anything following it (me).
Would've absolutely clattered him had I not yelped/swerved etc.
Fucking blind spots. I'm gonna try and remain more visible when following big vehicles (especially at speed). I can sort of sympathise with the geezer who turned immediately after the van passed. I've been there, starting off to make a right turn the second after a bus passes you, only to find there was someone following it. Phew.