Old 02-22-16 | 11:37 AM
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Leisesturm
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
I'm also not "waiting in a line of moving traffic". The line of traffic either isn't moving...i.e. it's waiting for the light...or it is moving at the same speed as I am after the light turns green.
Tandems, women, older riders... when the light (arrow) turns green, the car ahead is going to pull away like the cyclists are standing still. The light (arrow) will time out long before the bike gets to the intersection if more than 3 or more cars back. Cars behind will be livid. Again as I said to Patrick... throw gender, race or age into that charged dynamic of impatient cager who missed the turn because they were too decent to just run you over. You have to sit through the complete light cycle with their horn blowing or their yelling out their window that you should be on the sidewalk or whatever gets in their head to say to you that is against TOS for me to repeat here. YMMV, but I pick my battles. I filter as close to the light as possible to maximize the chance that I will get through the arrow on the first cycle, and I take a line through the turn that allows cars to pass if they need to. If they don't, great, but they can't say I didn't give them the option.
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