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@Stallion
This morning on my ride to work I encountered a situation which I think can't be that uncommon, and it got me wondering about the legal standing of what was going on.
So I was overtaking a long queue or stationary cars, riding in the lane for oncoming traffic. I couldn't see it in advance, but as the cars crept forward, one of them stopped to let a car pull out of a side road. He pulled out turning right just as I was a few meters in front of travelling quite fast towards him... Luckily he saw me and stopped before he'd totally pulled out into the lane so a collision was avoided.
Had he gone straight into me, who would have been in the wrong? Was it my responsibility to ensure that it was safe to overtake the vehicles, or was it his responsibility to ensure that the road was clear both ways before he pulled out?