Originally Posted by
noisebeam
The problem is that a cyclist can not know a sensor/light is unresponsive to their vehicle until they are already in the left turn lane.
The only legal way out (if true that OR has no malfunctioning light law) is to wait for another vehicle to come behind you and trigger the light. If there are not other vehicles going in your direction, one is stuck.
Making a right turn from LTL or cutting from LTL to sidewalk are just as illegal as proceeding on a red left turn signal when the thru green is active.
Al
Hmmm, hadn't thought about the stuck in the lane aspect. That is a conundrum. I'll have to think on this some more; there might be some catch-22 case law that could be argued by analogy. You'd have a pretty good argument that the traffic code can't leave you stranded out there forever!