Originally Posted by
AngeloDolce
Buzzatronic,
Are you legally required to stay in the bike lanes? My impression is that you are more interested in avoiding future collisions than assigning legal fault (my priority also).
Certainly, my goal is to stay safe, not win a court case if something bad happens. The laws in WA actually call out that a cyclist can leave the bike lane and take the full lane to prevent a potential right hook (as well as other reasons that keep the cyclist safe).
Next time I'll be in the full lane well before this section if there is traffic building up at the light.