davek said:Just had a close call with a bus. Far too close for my liking.
I'm coming up Gloucester Place, doing around 18-20mph, riding well away
from the kerb (ie in the primary position), the idiot must have seen me
because he pulled across into the next lane to overtake me. Then
halfway through the overtaking manoeuvre, he decides to pull in to the
bus stop...
In current circumstances, I thought it best not to take the
confrontation any further - didn't fancy being shot in the head. And in
the heat of the moment I didn't think to take the driver's number to
make a complaint through official channels. So what can I do now? The
moment has passed.
Probably still worth reporting to TfL and/or the bus company if you
can even give time, location, and route number. Such complaints are
usually taken seriously.
There are people in TfL who care about cycling, and they need to know
about incidents like this so that they can gauge the size of the problem.
Glad you're OK - plenty of cyclists can't bunny-hop and would have
been hurt.
Colin McKenzie