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  • Does that absolve responsibility of cyclists passing left-indicating vehicles on the inside?

    Two scenarios:

    1. A lorry ahead of me is indicating left. I wait, the lorry turns, I continue.
    2. A lorry ahead of me is indicating left. I continue travelling on my path as if it is not there, and get knocked off.

    Who has created the danger there?

    Presumably if you were indicating right and somebody on a bike overtook you, you would be annoyed?

  • If a driver is in the outside lane, indicating they wish to turn left and another driver is in the inside lane proceeding straight on who has created the danger in scenario 1 and 2?

    In both cases it is the driver who is turning left.

    So now lets consider a cyclist in a cycle lane wishing to go straight on and a left indicating vehicle, who is creating the danger?

    In both cases it is still the driver wishing to turn left.

  • If the driver ahead has indicated left, slowed, and the cyclist has come up the inside in the mean time - it's the cyclist who's being bloody stupid.
    We have cars, lorries and bikes sharing the roads. It's not fucking ideal, but it's the way it is. Us cyclists can scream all we want about being vulnerable and motorists needing to take care, but we've got to take care of ourselves too. Most of us do. Some are too stupid to do so sometimes. Sometimes a sign might help. Mostly it doesn't.

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