You must have a guilty conscience if you think I'm rounding on you.
Just because danger may have been invited, it doesn't follow it's automatically allowed in. Nor should the actions of other cyclists be held up as any reason for the van driver's behaviour - so your point there is irrelevant...
I genuinely fear for road users who are in the vicinity of the 20% who are 'Team Van'. It appears they've got no understanding of The Highway Code, nor any consideration for other road users, especially cyclists.
So let's recap...
• A road user is ahead of another road user; the first one being in the correct position in the road.
• The road user behind wishes to overtake, and is impatient to do so.
• However, he does so in a dangerous and illegal manner, risking the first road user's life with a...