Old 02-06-12 | 08:35 PM
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Sixty Fiver
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If I am coming to an intersection first and have to stop, but am continuing through, I take the inside of the right lane and sit far enough ahead that cars that need to make a right turn can do so safely on my right and if I am coming up to a line of cars I wait in line just as you would when you are driving.

I have had motorists roll down their windows to say thank you when they could make that safe right turn and once the light turns green I proceed and continue to take my lane as I need to and it has been rare for any car behind me to honk or do things I would consider hostile.

Passing a line of cars on the right is dangerous under almost any circumstances and be especially dangerous of you filter up at a stop light and get right hooked by a car driver that has no reasonable expectation to have another vehicle pass them on the right. Filtering up to the front and taking off ahead of cars will ensure you have some ticked off drivers behind you.
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