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@s785
It's a shame that it is Jeez I have to agree with... but I have to agree (a teensy little bit) with jeez.
We all know that if you ride primary in all the situations that you think it wouldn't be safe for a motor vehicle to overtake, you get a lot of aggro, "get to the left", hooting, punishment passes etc. I for one find that unnerving and it is often followed by a dangerous overtake anyway. The very fact these lorries did overtake dangerously implies their drivers thought it was a perfectly good place to do so, hence probably wouldn't like it if some impudent cyclist was impeding their lawful progress to the next traffic jam.
So yeah, in some situations more primary would reduce the problem, but in some others it would antagonise the dangerous road user on a timed contract with 10 tons of metal under his fat arse.
I think from a policy / united front type direction it would be good to be clear that the aetiology of terrible and life-endangerous moments as per above is wholly inside the cab of the HGV/bus.