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It’s fine to filter on the RHS, actually advisable over filtering on the LHS most of the time, as you are more visible to drivers. Why do you think motorbikes almost always filter on the right? It’s safer.
Hard to apportion ‘blame’ without more info. Could just be bad luck
Ie was your friend going quickly or quite slow / cautious?
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Should not be overtaking at a junction
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Drivers not at the front of the queue and not near a junction often turn right with no warning - to U-turn, or the classic speed along in the wrong lane to turn right a bit further on. Filtering in the middle of the road is fine but do it at a speed to take such manoeuvres into account.
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Interesting one with a friend today. A few cuts and bruises sustained, but otherwise fine.
Cars waiting in a queue on a standard two lane road. Coming from further back, it's not clear why the cars had stopped. My friend filtered on the right hand side of the stopped cars. Not advisable, obviously. He left himself very little room. He is either in the very small gap between the cars and the white lines or on the other side of the road.
It turns out the traffic had stopped because the car at the front was turning right. Unclear as to whether they were indicating.
Car turns right, my friend filtering, goes over the bonnet. Both him and driver were very shaken, but otherwise ok.
It isn't clear, to me, who is at fault in this scenario. I think the driver should have check mirrors, but also, I don't think my friend should have been filtering on the right hand side of traffic on a two lane road. If driver had checked mirrors, it is possible that my friend was going fast and the he wasn't in the drivers mirrors and appeared out of nowhere. It's a downhill on a corner.
What do you all think?