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Same. Not even just behind lorries, but behind buses and vans as well. Also sit behind cars I've noticed are being driven erratically. It's not very fashionable but I'm happy that way.
Wigan's famous Will has suggested in the past that the getting-to-the-front behaviour isn't something that's done consciously, and that if you were to ask your average cyclist why they were doing it, they wouldn't really be able to give much of an answer - it's just what you do. Imagine not being a member of LFGSS and being enlightened by threads like these. You'd see the blue paint leading up the inside to the big blue box, and you'd see 500 other cyclists rolling up the inside and sitting in the box. If nobody's ever told you any different, you're going to assume that's what you're supposed to do and not really think about it.