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@ffureel
I do not live in London or a major city so maybe my view is a little different. If cycling on the road where I am, you are definitely going slower/ the same speed as the rest of the traffic as there are no cycle/ bus lanes to speak of.
Our cycle lanes are on the pavement ;p...Which has a lot of downfalls of course, but at least when it comes to crossing junctions, where the road splits the cycle lane, inexperienced cyclists treat the cycle lane as more of a path/ pedestrian type mentality thus checking for incoming/ turning traffic.
The on road cycle lanes that go past junctions, inexperienced cyclists may very well have no idea that vehicles may turn left into them. A cycle lane is only for bikes, right.