Originally Posted by
Hokiedad4
The rule of thumb is to be visible and deliberate. I stay to the right but far enough in front that any car turning right can see me before they turn. I assume the average driver here in NJ is extremely impatient, so I leave enough room for RTOR. Then most importantly, before the light changes, I make eye contact with drivers so they know I'm going straight.
You will make contact; but if the motorists would also make contact to you aka cyclist/s. That would help so much better.
But most motorists won't do such contact.
If the motorist did contact that 1 time; it may have been a luck-out that one time.
(a) coincidence of looking at the cyclist,
|(b)and/or motorist's attitude on that time.