LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU STUPID BITCH!
Being hit by 18 stone of cyclist is going to hurt, but not nearly as much as coming off and sliding 10 feet down the sodding road.
This
x 1000
Particularly prevalent in several places on my commute, not helped by the fact that I work in a tourist area. Particular places to watch are:-
Just after St James Park station, on Tothill Street. The zebra crossing outside the station is fine - decent sight lines. But pedestrians can't possibly walk a few more feet to the crossing - no, they will pop out from behind parked cars the other side of the roundabout, where the taxi rank is in the middle of the road. Proved my brakes work, though sideways on a Brompton is not advised. Take this one carefully these days, but often there is a taxi behind you, and I am trying to get through to the part of the road which is nice and wide so that they can pass.
Westminster Bridge. The cycle/bus lane is not a good place to stand to take a photo of Big Ben or the Eye. Please also remove the legs of your tripod from the cycle lane - get a better lens for f*cks sake. You have a pavement twice the width of the bus lane, is that not room enough? Joggers are generally okay, as they tend to be running in the cycle lane contra to your direction, and hop back on the pavement, mostly. If there's room.
The cut through for buses and cycles after Belvedere Road, just before the Park Plaza Waterloo. People crossing never look behind them to see if anything is turning left, they just look to the right at the filter for buses from the Lambeth Palace Road. Usually involves shouting on my part. Better than Belvedere Road though, generally, as up on the pavement and filtering between the planters, then weaving in between people walking in the middle of the road, is generally the worst of the two options. Because the road is closed to most cars with a barrier, people don't look at all. Plus taxis like to do u-turns the other side of the barrier as you pop out by the London Eye.
Generally avoid anyone with white headphones.
OK - rant over.