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But it's not "traffic in the other lane" is it? It's filtering, and in my opinion, the highway code doesn't take London peak time into account when outlining "dos and don'ts" of filtering.
Ultimately, yes, with filtering bikes and motorcycles, that lorry needs to wait, but until someone gives way to the driver of the lorry, it could be waiting a long time. Which is going to cause a bigger issue. Then, like @mashton says, there's nothing forcing all filterers to give way just because one is, due to the size of bikes.
Realistically though, it sounds like this is more of a case of a bunch of cyclists using the LH lane to undertake the lorry, moving from RH lane to LH lane and then back to RH lane, which would put them at fault, because can you class it as filtering if there's nobody in the LH lane?
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I'll take "blaming other road users for your vehicles blindspot" for $500, Alex.
Sounds like the driver was trying to change lanes and you expect other road users to let him do so? Nah mate, if you wanna change lanes and there's traffic in the other lane then you wait.