Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

Thanks for posting that bethandr. Interesting reading. I've often felt that way about cycle lanes and absolutely hate cycle lanes which share the carriageway with other vehicles. I think they are a massive mistake in road planning. They create the perception that cyclists belong exclusively in demarked areas and are wrong to cycle more defensively. They also promote a misguided sense of safety amoung certain riders. They also promote undertaking of both dangerous vehicles and other riders.

I also concur that on occasion it is safer to 'pre-empt' a light and move off before an HGV has the opportunity to place you under undue pressure. This is how I personally approach it and I'm sure I'm overdue a fine for doing it.

Funny, I was riding over Tower Bridge today* and tried to overtake a vehicle but he would not move over to the left at all pushing me to the wrong side of the road. Cue hand gesticulations and muted swearing both ways as I eventually pass him. I manged to talk to him as we were both still moving. "How am I meant to know where you're going? You all over-take on the left and the right. I don't know."

It ended well but he's spot on, there's no universal understanding from cyclists of road craft. That and the infastructure sucking you to the left means this confusion/ignorance will continue ad infinitum.

:(

• Arguably I shouldn't be overtaking there due to the low speed limit.