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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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(Haven't watched the video in question as it has already been taken down...)
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.
It's similar to the bit just before/after Chelsea Bridge (for those going East) which was 'fixed' (quite well in the end, and I say this rarely about the CS stuff) by the new layout with CS8 that joined Grosvenor Rd at that point. Similar problem, left turn only lane used by cyclists going straight on and then a road under the railway bridge that was only just two lanes wide and so cyclists were often choked out.
The fix was to make the left turn only lane straight on for cyclists too, put in an ASL and then make the road under the bridge one nice wide lane with a cycle superhighway on the left. (I'm ignoring the section of cyclepath on the pavement there).
I'm sure something similar could be done with the Cheyne Walk / Battersea Bridge junction.
It's on my commute too and sometimes I abuse the left turn only lane. Other times I'll queue behind a solitary car at the front of the middle lane (more likely to do this if the road ahead is mostly clear).
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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.