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@edscoble
I dearly hate the Superhighway.
On Clapham Common, where the road is split in two lane with one small blue cycle lane, I rode on the centre of the lane which mean I'm not on the cycle lane, no problem.
Eventually a huge grey HGV (bigger than tipper but doesn't have trailer) behind me want to overtake me, but I didn't let him as his vehicle took the entire lane including the cycle lane.
After some attempt, he finally overtook me, and tried to close the gap while I'm still inside the lane, I have three choice;
bang on the side of his vehicle with the palm of my hand to acknowledge my presence while riding closer and slower to the cycle lane to get away from the vehicle.
jump on the kerbs a la in the style of empty can.
slammed on my brakes hoping that I'll be out of the way by the time he move into the lane.
I chosen the first option, at the time it was logical, and it work, he stopped closing in the gap and slow down a bit in order to enlighten me with his levels of profanity, I tend overtook him and took the lane again while doing a DJ at him (kinda, no cuntflapses were mentioned).
Then all the way to Stockwell he's revving and driving on the bus lane trying to keep up with me.
Saw a police car ahead of me in Stockwell, caught up with it, told police officer that a HGV tried to push me off the road, he acknowledge, slowed down and waited for the HGV to appear.
Here's where I think I'm fine, until by the time I'm at Oval, the same police car appear behind me, asking me (politely I must add) to pull over with the HGV behind me.
To cut a long story short, I'm suppose to pay for the dent that I cause when I slap the side of his HGV whom trying not to 'let me get away with it', police understood my reasoning for riding on the centre of the lane (have my cycling instructor booklet with me to show him), and was very understanding;
Can you see the huge dent I've created?
You should see a tiny little kink a centimetre above the arrow, you have to tilt your computer montior a bit to able to see a slight outline.
The HGV driver is carrying livestock and is from Norfolk.