Coming home tonight I had a really close call… The first one since getting my license in July.
In the right hand lane coming round Holland Park roundabout to Shepherd’s Bush Green, there’s the pedestrian crossing. Lights are green but traffic is backed up to the lights. Just past the crossing the lanes open out and you can move right to go 'round onto Uxbridge road.
Anyway, the right hand lane next to the green is open, with cars I can see wanting to go there but unable to do so. I pull up behind a minivan and see half a lane open to his right, so I figure nobody’s moving, but there’s loads of room for me to get through. So I go. As I hit the throttle, minivan decides he’s not waiting and pulls right… Problem is, I’m in the space he’s moving very quickly into. So the inevitable happened… :pinch:
I got lucky though. He had a bit of sense and hit the brakes immediately, as I did. I stayed on the bike and only my left mirror got pushed in. It could have gone horribly wrong, though.
So apart from a big fright and having to re-adjust my mirror - all’s ok! 
