Here:
http://tinyurl.com/3pblkc
I was in primary in the bike / bus / goods vehicles lane (who's genius idea was that?!). A London Concrete lorry overtook me in the outside lane and pulled into my lane just ahead of me, just before the lane narrows to go between the pavement and the island (centre on the pic above). The road here is just about wide enough for the truck, so if I hadn't braked hard and pulled into the side street I would have been squeezed against the traffic lights (not sure if there are barriers on the left).
I caught up with the driver at the lights and asked him what he was doing and he said something about be being in the middle of the lane (no question of a SMIDSY then), as though
a) there is anything wrong with me being there, and
that justifies his dangerous manouevre.
I got a picture and video of the truck with it's reg after the incident and am wondering whether to bother reporting this to the company and / or the police. What do you think? If I report to the company, who should I address it to, Ops Manager?
I off to order a lid cam now!
http://tinyurl.com/3pblkc
I was in primary in the bike / bus / goods vehicles lane (who's genius idea was that?!). A London Concrete lorry overtook me in the outside lane and pulled into my lane just ahead of me, just before the lane narrows to go between the pavement and the island (centre on the pic above). The road here is just about wide enough for the truck, so if I hadn't braked hard and pulled into the side street I would have been squeezed against the traffic lights (not sure if there are barriers on the left).
I caught up with the driver at the lights and asked him what he was doing and he said something about be being in the middle of the lane (no question of a SMIDSY then), as though
a) there is anything wrong with me being there, and
that justifies his dangerous manouevre.
I got a picture and video of the truck with it's reg after the incident and am wondering whether to bother reporting this to the company and / or the police. What do you think? If I report to the company, who should I address it to, Ops Manager?
I off to order a lid cam now!