"J. Chisholm" gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

Yesterday I approached, on my bike, a junction that had both an approach
lane and an Advanced Stop Box. The lights were RED. There was a cyclist
in the box, but the first vehicle was a van indicating left. Both myself
and another cyclists waited to the rear of the first vehicle. (We we
aware that the first vehicle in a Q at lights normally just looks at the
light and moves off when they change without looking around). Another
van was pulled up along side us. When the lights changed we all moved
off. As we reached the junction the van that had been alongside STARTED
to indicate left and pulled across our paths.

I don't think anybody's ever claimed that there aren't a substantial
number of ****wits driving on the roads of this country.

If it's not a silly question, why did you stop in a position where he
could pull up alongside?