<>Terrified of the emergency stop I actually performed it 'text book' according to Steve. You just make sure you depress the break first before the clutch.
Why do I pay so much attention to learning to drive but cycle as if I am on a death wish? I regularly cycle down a one way street called 'St James's Street' in Brighton. Drivers shake their heads in horror but I carry on regardless. Yesterday, I almost got run over by a car coming out of a side street. The guy was, of course, not looking to his right because he was assuming it was one way and a dumb cyclist would not be free wheeling down the road. I had to swerve quickly. He had to do an emergency stop.
Should the driver have looked to his left even entering a one way street? Hmmm, there should be a cycling license issued.
Of course, the driver should be looking both ways even if its a one way street. As you proved, he should be looking out for cyclists as well as pedestrians etc.