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@surzhansky
Saw a ridiculous near miss today. Coming down Old Brompton Road, near the cemetry. I'm behind a van which is indicating to turn left, so I move out to the right, expecting to go round it. As it starts to turn, a guy who was behind me shoots up the left hand side of the van, causing it to slam on its brakes (fortunately an observant and slow-moving van driver). The near victim didn't even notice what had happened. I rode past the driver and told him it wasn't his fault and then tried to catch up to the near victim to have a word, but he proceeded to jump every red light and then turn off my route so I never got the chance.
Shook me up quite a bit because he MUST have seen the van indicating, and if he didn't, he's either too unobservant to be safe on the road, or just a total douche.