Last evening about 19:15*, just about
here. We (anyone who was cycling) had just had to contend with the Addison Lee method of passenger dropping - stop in the middle of the road and have the passenger open the door to block the cycle lane
, and were riding in traffic up to the zebra. I wasn't going particularly fast, maybe a little faster than dead slow as a result of the annoyance, but ready to stop. As I came up the inside to the zebra, as expected, people crossing from the right so I stop. And was rear ended (by a girl who had a few yards earlier pulled out from the left without stopping forcing me right).
"Sorry", she said "but you stopped unexpectedly"
I waved expansively at the zebra
"I know" she continued "but it was without warning"
I just laughed.
*very relevant given its proximity to the Barbican and the consequent density of peds.