Originally Posted by
alan s
I'll go to the front of the line and move as far forward and to the right side of the left turn lane as safely possible. When the light turns green or even slightly before if there is no cross traffic, I'll slowly pedal and let all the turning cars pass so I don't need to deal with them again. Oncoming turning traffic seems to get the message, as do the cars turning with me.
^^^Exactly^^^
You can safely make a wide left turn this way and let cars by without putting yourself in danger. The worse thing to do is get far back in a line at the red light. It turns green and there can be something of a stampede as cars race to get thru the turn signal. It's not fun riding in front of that herd IMO.