Originally Posted by
rmfnla
It's not splitting lanes, it's moving to the front of a line of stopped cars. When the light changes you are able to move to the safest part of the road without having to worry about cars turning right.
Just think if you'd sat behind the car after the light turned green and that car got rear-ended (a very real possibility).
In 45 years of riding in traffic I have never once had a driver give the slightest indication of annoyance...
That's interesting, and I trust your experience, however the reason I pull behind drivers is because I'm afraid of getting right hooked. I also like to let drivers make a right hand turn on red. If you're in the crosswalk, you block them from doing that.
I don't really worry about getting rear ended. Cars don't generally pull within 5-6 feet of each other around here. Have you seen many people get rear ended at a stoplight in your time commuting?
In the end, I think it's different strokes for different folks.
(I got that saying right... correct?)