Originally Posted by
corrado33
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.
Well neither of those concerns apply to cars in a left turn lane (at least they shouldn't!) For cars in a right lane next to the bike lane, I stay in the bike lane, carefully observing cars for signs of right turn/hook. At the light I still pull to the front of the crosswalk, and AFLAP (not quite taking the lane), to give room behind me for right-turning cars. If I hang out in the bike lane behind the crosswalk, I would block right-turning cars, where I would rather send the message "bikers are not annoying obstructions to my driving"