Originally Posted by
CommuteCommando
One of mine is cars that don't get into the bike line to turn right, rather leaving room for bikes to proceed straight. When they don't I have to take two lanes to go around to their left, 'cause I sure as hell ain't passing to their right.
The problem in NYC is cars get in the bike lane on one lane road turn it into a turning lane also cars going straight stay in the traffic lane. This turns a one lane road into a turn lane road with little room for cyclists except squished between two rows of cars on a street designed to accommodate one lane of cars. In New York you're legally supposed to turn from the traffic lane unless the road is designed to have both the turn lane and bike lane in one.