Yes, good point. Especially if the road to the right is, say 2 lanes of forward travel and one right turn and the forward travel lanes are occupied by high profile vehicles. Very few right turning vehicles in right turn lanes stop at the stop line. They can really surprise you if you're rolling in the x-walk in front of a couple of Escalades and a UPS truck. You won't see the dude in the Honda rolling in the right turn lane 'til you're right there on 'em. Honda dude won't see you 'til you're on his hood, either - assuming you're doing more than 4 mph.
I might add that these are HUGE concerns when riding in a lane or bike lane alignment. They only get MORE HUGE when you're riding in a crosswalk alignment.
Last edited by LesterOfPuppets; 11-15-10 at 06:00 PM.