depending on the cars' "STACK" at the intersection,

i'll ride left and filter past cars at a signalled right hand if i can take a turn on red. or in the right hand side, I have no general issues about filtering past traffic if it is safe and reasonable to do so.

to me it was unclear if it was a narrow or shareable right hand turn lane. using the left hand side of the right hand turn lane, and also splitting the right edge of the thrulane and and the right lane doesn't bother me as if it looks reasonable to do so safely.

like i said, if you stayed behind because you considered it safer to do so, more power to you. i do this on every commute. i also filter in congested urban backups and use my bike to my advantage to split shareable lanes.

at stopped traffic lights, I generally GET TO DICTATE my lane sharing. less of it relies on the cars behind me. less of the lane sharing gets determined by the gas huffer, and more of the lane sharing decision is made by me.


Cars split shareable lanes with me, i split shareable lanes with cars.