People heading into town need to switch sides of the road here if they don't want to cycle with the motor traffic. I was cycling contraflow in the direction I was headed, and as a result of the person illegally parked on the corner, I had to swing out into the the middle of the road. The driver of an SUV emerging from Warstone Road towards Icknield Street failed to make proper observations, but that may have been aggravated by my enforced unusual road position. As a result the driver nearly collided with me. Crossroads are dangerous, and an easy opportunity to close this one has been missed. The section of Warstone Road between Carver Street and Icknield Street needs to be closed to through motor traffic (preferably at the crossroads), with motor traffic going via the junction of Carver Street with Icknield Street instead.
