Originally Posted by
kim43235
Thanks for the word. Quick question for you. If you position yourself left at the light, do you take a whole lane when making a turn? You need to go to the right side of the lane eventually and I can't imagine myself going from left to right. I'd worry that cars will pass me right side if I'm still on the left side during a left turn. I was thinking to take whole lane (in the middle) at the light and then slowly move towards to the right during a left turn.
That's exactly what I do. I take center lane, then move to the right. I try to make sure that there's no possible way a car can get around me in the intersection. I'm generally accelerating around the corner about the same speed as cars anyway (if there is a car in front of me, I'm usually having to wait on it).
Actually if it's a left turn only lane, I take center of lane stopped at the light. Usually a little left of center to try to hit the sensor if that's an issue.
If it's a straight or right turn lane, I generally take far left if I'm at the front of the line, especially if a mirror check shows someone behind me with a right turn signal on. At one intersection on my route where I go straight, probably 80% of traffic turns right, and it's common for 5 or 6 cars to get past me and turn right on the red. As soon as the light turns, I move immediately to center of lane then head directly for the right side of the lane on the other side of the intersection.