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I did go past, but my testimony was rendered redundant by the time I got back to the office.
In order to make the turn the truck had to go quite deep into the corner- i.e. as it is a right angle he had to turn left when a significant portion of the vehicle was past the apex.
The vehicle was parked with the rear wheel on top of the bike, on top of the apex of the corner where it clearly swung in during the turn.
As TSK points out, he could have turned from the right hand lane I guess, but that would probably have been just as, if not more than, as surprising to the person on the bike.
The cab was festooned with mirrors- it appeared to me that the driver would have been able to see the Boripede if he'd looked for them.