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By blind spot you mean the area specifically covered by the nearside mirror, right?
That is a stupid junction though, the two ahead lanes merge immediately after the bridge anyway, so it just creates a conflict while everyone is pulling away.
I do abuse the left-turn lane there, because there's no ASL and often a queue of traffic (and almost never anyone actually turning left), but I merge back into the middle lane rather than just undertaking whatever's in front.
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@rhb
Astonishing. If he was aware of the cyclists in his blind spot in the marked left turn only lane then he'd have every right move away expecting them to turn left rather than remain in the blind spot putting themselves at high risk of going under his wheels. The 'but this is London' argument doesn't wash.
If a car driver had been in that left turn only lane and tried to get across and ahead of the truck causing a near collision then everyone would be calling the car driver a fuckwit for making that move. No difference.