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You should be aware of oncoming traffic when making your choice to overtake. The oncoming vehicle's driver has priority but should be aware of hazards and react accordingly, if another roaduser makes a poor judgement you don't then just assume "right of way" and plow into them even if they are wrong you have a duty to react. Also not uncommon for roads to be marked where oncoming share lanes and roadusers are expected to negotiate and share space.
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Heading southbound approaching the lights at the junction of Hampstead Road/Euston Rd/Tottenham Ct Rd. It's an absolute clusterfuck of ambiguity in terms of lanes (and no biek lane), so I often filter down the outside of traffic after the Drummond Street junction. Northbound is a single lane and wide, so while I'm happy to tuck in and wait if there's traffic in the other direction it's not usually necessary.
Of course if the vehicle coming towards me is a white van - like this morning - the driver thinks my behaviour is unacceptable. He very deliberately drives towards me, both of us practically stopping as I squeeze past and he expresses his disapproval by way of facial expression, if nothing more.
Normally it's not worth the effort to bother describing such an occurrence, but the van in question was fucking plod. Before I decide whether to do anything with the video, does anyone know the legality of filtering past stationary traffic when there's something coming in the other direction but there's ample space to do so safely?