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@OldSkoolRacer
^lol
Yeah it's a funny one and I rarely write about stuff like this, I just don't like it when the whole picture isn't clear and people instantly take sides and you're on the blame end. I'm sure in retrospect playing the situation back in my head I could have ridden the junction differently, for better or worse, and so could the other chap but at the end of the day I had to make a snap decision between tailending a Boris bike, emergency stopping infront of other commuters and a bus, or altering course slightly.
In any case you learn from these experiences, and will make me think more in the future - I just hope he does too, for his own sake, as overtaking on a dangerous corner like that is only going to work so many times before an accident does happen.