Say that I'm going along, see someone doing a left turn (what we would call a "left cross"), and I'm hoping to get through before the red light.
Well, I'm wondering if the northbound driver actually saw the left turner or if his view was somehow blocked by the other northbound driver next to him (and a little in front of him). It went too fast to say for certain.
It also illustrates why some of us don't like MUPs mixing with regular intersections and riding through crosswalks.
Oh yea, these intersections are aweful, and there are several like that on that stretch. The MUP takes me where I need to go, and it seemed silly to me to not take it and ride on some side streets. Every now and then, I actually will see a roadie on the 4 lane road next to the MUP, and I was always wondering why somebody would choose to ride on a busy (and fast) road like that if the MUP is right there.