PH wrote:Well I don't know the road or the road markings, but at some point I imagine that the two lanes with the two purposes becomes obvious. Not merging at this point is using the inside lane to overtake, this is against all the advise and against the rules in the HC. At the start of the clip, you're in the wrong lane for the direction you want to go, are you not?
No. I was leaning to the left as my left foot was one the ground but the rear facing vid (which I haven't managed to crop) confirms I was well within the white line. But I had come in from the left hand lane. To remain in the RH lane throughout I'd have had to stay at the back of the queue of traffic, a couple of hundred yards back. But the one lane splits into two, so I DIDN'T change lanes to overtake on the inside, I stayed on the inside and therefore ended up in the inside lane, but I appreciate that to anyone at the front of the queue, that's academic. If a car had done that then tried to cut in, it would have been insanely cheeky, and in giving way the guy would have lost one place in the queue - so it would have been fair enough for him to get annoyed.
The other cyclist did the same as me, one place back, but the lorry behind her (another artic) just let her in cos he's a proper grown-up, like every single driver for the last 20 years we've lived around here. However what I'd say she did considerably better than me was waiting
outside the lane to get consent from the lorry driver, rather than stick herself in front of him.
Decades ago I remember the highway code suggested getting off the bike for difficult right turns, crossing the road on foot and starting again, dunno if it still does. I think I might use that a lot more now, though motorists do occasionally get really miffed if I get off at a red light, walked 5 yards and get on again!