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Had a massive oh shit moment this morning.
Heading North towards Southwark Bridge and the timings are in my favour so the lights had turned green, the nodder pelaton are about 100 yards ahead and I am cruising through. There are two Conwy Highway Maintenance trucks trundling along, one starts indicating left to turn down Sumner St and then starts turning directly into the path of the aforementioned nodders.
Having a clenching feeling in my arse cheeks as this has a huge potential to get messy.
Thanksfully all the nodders stopped and so does the lorry but he is at 45 degrees across the left turn and so the nodders were essentially "trapped".
I think both parties were in the wrong (or being idiots) but I am sure the responsibility would lay with the Conway lorry driver. Either way scared the beejesus out of me. Tempted to email Conway but didn't catch the reg - these things might be GPS'd though