You have my sympathy. Bollarded pinch points seem designed to produce friction between bike riders and cars. I always have to remember to look over my shoulder a number of times on approach and then make a decision about when not if I am going to move out to stop any car trying to squeeze between me and the bollards.
I find this the safest approach but there are still some car drivers that find my method antagonistic and make a point of zooming past me afterwards or following me through the gap too close or both.
Most car drivers are reasonably considerate but some are quite the opposite. The last time I was knocked of my bike was by an Audi driver. I also put a satisfying dent in his car, but with my body, ouch. I did make a successful personal injury claim against him as well as making the Police who wanted to drop the case take it further and they let me know that he had to pay to go on a police driving awareness course of some type that I hope he would have needed to declare to his insurance company, and more importantly made him think a bit more about cyclist.
