One for the "There are some right idiots out there" file...

[Lawrence]

Now imagine you're coming from where those bikes were. You're in a 40 limit, there's double whites, there's traffic pulling out from your left, there's a dip which could hide a vehicle, there's a right-hander ahead that you can't see round.

Would *you* have gone for an overtake in that situation?

No.  But if I were riding along at 40 in a 40 limit and you pulled out in front causing me to slow down, you were in the wrong... From the looks of things there's not that much road visible to the right, if the bikes were already visible as the car pulled away I'd have waited for them to pass in your situation.