If you choose to use the bike lane, move left out of the bike lane, well in advance of any intersection. How far in advance, depends on the situation. But if you ride to the right of cars at an intersection you are toast. That little white lane painted on the ground to contain you, and limit you, won't contain or limit a car turning right.

I agree the bicyclist example in the article was not a good one - the writer may not have been a bicyclist or the editors got a hold of the story. All in all though, one should never go through an intersection in the blind spot of a vehicle and should try to anticipate the vehicle's trajectory as well as possible. However, occasionally a driver does make a sudden turn. It's happened to me even in a middle lane when a vehicle suddenly cuts across to make that left turn to get onto the freeway b/c he wasn't paying attention. Not sure the point was made very well in the article (driver inattention and the danger to cyclists).

As for waiting in line - it's a constant, constant back up of traffic during rush hours downtown Seattle. Waiting in line would take an extremely long time and breathing the exhaust from cars, trucks, buses (mufflers are exactly at face level), etc., standing in the rain/wind or heat of summer to move 3 car lengths ahead (don't even get me started on baseball-game days or when there's an accident on the freeway which makes everything worse). Generally, moving ahead to the front can be a good option if there is room for a bike and you can do it safely, know how to handle a green light, and understand the traffic flow in your city. Jumping on the sidewalk is worse due to lots of peds and parking garage cross-traffic.