I still can't believe what happened to me last tuesday night.
I'm on my way home from work and I get onto the last main road before home (Hollyhead Rd for anyone who knows Cov). I'm coming up to a traffic light controlled cross road (by the Texaco) where I going to turn left. 40 yards to go I indicate left, as I reach the junction I swoop right to get a better angle into the left hand road and then crank it over left. In the second I've swooped right a white chaved-up hatchback dives up the left hand side of me! So as I turn I find I'm turning into a car. I straighten it up and head straight on in the junction with my blood about 90% adrenaline. She's going crazy in her chavmobile, flipping me off shouting and swearing like its my fault. Obviously I used some sign language to indicate my opinion of her attempt to kill and then bugger off before she gets another chance to kill me.
After I've mulled it over the lessons I've drawn are - I shouldn't have swooped right, it gave a pyscho car to much room to my left. It had never occured to me that a car could do this to me so it's been added to my awareness list. I will still do that corner like that but only when there is no traffic behind me. Another lesson learned in defensive riding.
Still flumoxed that she dived up the left of a vehicle indicating left though! Pyscho car drivers...