Originally Posted by
trailangel
What was going thru his mind? He didn't know that was a right turn only lane and you took the wrong lane.
?Wrong lane? I was in the bike lane!
Often times in this kind of intersection I will pull to the curb, jump the light just a bit and beat out the drivers in the right turn lane to cross the intersection.
That would be worse, for this intersection. The two right turn lanes are very busy with drivers who have been conditioned through years of practice to roll that stoplight, focusing only on beating the car next to them up the ramp to the interstate.
I've waited in that spot in the bike lane for the green light basically every day for going on 6 years now (somehow I very rarely catch it green). It's never been a problem before. The only spot I normally worry about is a couple hundred yards back when the right-turn lanes develop, and I have to jump those lanes to 'stay' in the bike lane. There, I watch my mirror and physically turn around to double-check, and cross when there's a giant space between cars. If there's no space, I err on the side of caution and pull over and stop until there is a space.