in another thread, gaz wrote: ....
Staying on the road is no guarantee of avoiding the requirement to "Give Way" to traffic coming from behind you.
Even where there is no junction we must sometimes doff our caps and cede priority to our motorised masters .
I always wondered if give ways such as the above can mean any thing as long as now combined lane width does not narrow immediately following the give-way (and if it does the cycle lane should simply end much sooner before the road narrows, so that cyclist is unimpeded):
if the car is behind me how can I give way, I will cross the give way before it can pass or vice versa ?
if the car is level with me, I would let it pass, as if in same lane, its overtaking ...
if the road narrows it creates the problem so that should be dealt with by ending the lane sooner minus a give way.