Originally Posted by
Archwhorides
Excellent comments! In this case the driver was situated in the bike lane, but several cars back from the intersection. The problem with this location is that cars my advance straight through the intersection from the right lane *or* turn right, so the bicyclist who slides to the left of the first lane of traffic may need to cross back through advancing drivers to return to the bike lane. Reconstruction is upcoming that will hopefully address these problems somewhat.
I have found if you get to the front before the green most drivers are amenable to let me assert my right to the lane until I can safely move over.
This being said I have one stretch where there is a wide single lane that eventually turns into a right turn lane which only one or two cars out of twenty or thirty use, most cars go straight. I stick in the right lane and pay close attention, maybe once every two weeks someones pulls out but I go cautiously and it is not an issue. yet. Since the oncoming traffic is usually heavy and most cars are right on the yellow line I feel more unsafe on the left than on the rights with a lane width and some to myself.