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@snooks
Like it or not, they do have a point tho.
It is up to us to look after ourselves. If we as cyclists don't put ourselves in vulnerable positions (up the inside or in front of a hgv/bus/whatever indicating or not) they can't get us. It's that simple
Yes they have mirrors, but they don't want to squash us and they don't try either. They just have to be looking in the wrong direction for a second when a cyclist goes up their inside into their blind spot and through no fault of their own a cyclist has put themselves in a dangerous position, and the driver is non the wiser.
It's people like this: we all need to help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03GGcZ8dA8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-lZPeAWye4