Originally Posted by
cyccommute
There are any number of ways that filtering to the front of a left turning line of cars can go wrong. What happens if you are in the act of filtering and the light turns green?
That did happen once, and
I posted about it. But for my regular lights, I am familiar enough with the cycle to be able to read from the lengths of the 8 different lines of cars (2-3 forward lanes and 2 left turn lanes in all four directions) whether the red will be long enough for me to filter up.
If I've missed the left-green for this cycle, and forward is still green, then I go straight (militantly watching for and avoiding right-hooks) to the far side of the intersection and wait in the bike lane for the green light in my direction. But the OP was about what do you do rolling up to a RED light.