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@mespilus
Pootling along from Ruislip to Ealing this pm,
at one of the very many roundabouts,
dark blue Mercedes ML decides it needs the very space I am occupying.
I had drifted up the inside of the stationary vehicle, (no indicators flashing),
checked the front indicators, (nothing),
and set off into the gap that would be there when I the last vehicle had zoomed through the roundabout,
when the nearside bumper of the ML crushed my right leg against the chain.
Fortunately we were both going pretty slow,
but I couldn't see where she thought she was going.
Turned out she was tuning left, (I was going straight on).
Pulled bike to side of the road to check for damage,
she drove away, but not before I got the regnumber.
No obvious damage to bike,
chain chewed a few bits of skin through trousers.
Reported to Police, ref no. obtained,
told to expect a callback within the hour and to be visited within 24-48 hours.