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inappropriate_bike
Saw the exact same combination of traffic at that junction this morning - shame the video above has now been removed. It's the junction of Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street.
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The articulated truck I saw this morning was dutch I think and so left hand drive, which might have helped re blind spot. Still, all the cyclists queued in the turn left lane, with only me and one other out front of the truck technically over the stop line.
Once I was safely off and away I glanced back and the truck had done the sensible thing and stopped in the junction to wait until he was certain it was clear on his inside before continuing. I still heard a beep, no doubt from a car on his right trying to squeeze through before the lights changed again.
It's just a bad junction which encourages the hoards of less astute cyclists on our road to put themselves in harms way. In London, as a cyclist it is ingrained in you by the infrastructure to do two things: filter on the left and aim for front where there will be an ASL.
At this junction, filtering on the left is easy because there is an entire empty left turn lane most of the time, the problem is, when you get to the front, there is no ASL. Also, the traffic is regularly backed up well back down the road towards lots road so you have to filter up the inside unless you want a 10 minute queue for the lights.
So you get to the front and stay put in the left lane with no room to go anywhere else. You either have to gamble on getting to the pinch point in front of the vehicles to the right, or wait and hover on the left until it is safe to go straight on. It's just not good enough design if this many people get into trouble or this level of thought is required to navigate it.
In the example we previously had, the guy was an idiot as he didn't get away quick enough to get to the pinch point out in front, and then was seemingly blind to the fact he may have adjust his speed or position based on what was happening around him. I always shoulder check before the pinch just in case it's gonna get tight. The driver of the truck is clearly an accident waiting to happen as when you go out in the morning to drive your enormous truck through central London rush hour the first thing on your mind needs to be, how can I do this without squishing someone? His was not the driving of someone playing by these rules.
More room is needed on the inside here. I think the only option is single lane straight on and an ASL/marked cycle lane on the inside. Worth suggesting to the council?