Originally Posted by
RubeRad
Yeah I would totally filter that; in the situation that the light is red, and all the cars are sitting waiting, I would weave between bigger gaps between stopped cars to get across then filter up the paint to stop with at least half my bike forward of the white line.
With a trailer though, I would not be confident that I could make tight turns between cars and would just play it safe, go forward to the far side of the intersection and wait for the cross-light.
There's far too much traffic, with far too much right-turn-on-red traffic, at that intersection to make a box turn safe. And in fact I would have to wait much longer as I would wait for the green light in the straight direction (after the left turn arrow that I would go on if in the left turn lane), then go to the other side and wait for the green light in the cross direction.
I do recall weaving through stopped traffic to get to the left turn lane (I was coming out of a side street to the right of the linked street view) one time when I did not have the trailer. But I still took my place in line in the left turn lane.
Head up to the intersection in the street view. You'll see it's typical BS suburban car-centric planning. No sidewalks, no cross walks, no crossing signals. Ironically there is some "to cross push button" signs on the corner poles with wires hanging out of the holes. The left turn lane is definitely the safest option here, if you can't avoid this intersection altogether (I usually do).