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A change like this will require quite a step change in behaviour though. When ever I'm on the continent and see this way in action, I'm always surprised at how good drivers are at checking their mirrors and how happy cyclists are to fly up the inside.
It is a "different way" of driving/using the road. Now, if someone is indicating left at a junction, and a cyclist is approaching from behind, it is the cyclists responsibility to stop and allow the vehicle to complete it's manoeuvre, however the driver should not do so, until they are sure the cyclist has stopped to allow this.
The new proposal would basically mean cars have to wait to turn left until all cyclsists have passed. This is "fine" if you have a left turn lane at the junction, but its going to be very unpopular where there is no filter lane and all the traffic behind has to back up waiting.
As usual, it's probably a case of it could work, if our junctions had been designed with this in mind in the first place, but as they haven't, it would be very tricky to implement. I imagine it would also be monumentally unpopular...