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.
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.
deffo the TfL lot, most bus companies only worry about public image when the press is on their case. I reported one driver for throwing rubbish out of the passenger door, the company couldn't be bothered (local depot visited to complain), until the local council, local press and their american HQ started giving them grief, lots of UK web-space PR but no phone numbers/e-mail addresses, so I mail-bombed everyone else....And as usual on one e-mail group where it was discussed another bus driver leapt to their defence with all the usual excuses!
