Originally Posted by
squirtdad
b) if a motorist is complaining that they got caught by a bike at a red light and have to re pass...... then there really is no need to pass as the effective speed is the same for both the car and the bike. The motorist is not going any slower actually because the lights are the speed limitation.
Not necessarily. It could be one light.
And, in your scenario, the successive leap-frogging isn't helping the cyclist either. And the risk of passing is being repeated.
Filtering works well when the cars can (easily/safely) pass the cyclist after the lights. This often isn't hard to manage.