Originally Posted by
mercator
B is correct. The people advising C and D seem to be unaware that if you are clipped in when the light turns, you can be across the intersection and in the bike lane before the cars behind you have hit the gas.
You should NEVER be the first one into an intersection! If some jackhole is running the red from the other direction (that never happens, right?), you're dead. This is one of the first things they teach you in motorcycle safety and in the AAA driver improvment class I teach.
I'm usually in position C due to the fact there is usually traffic at the light already. I do make it a point to pull all the way forward (usually in the crosswalk) and leave space for cars to turn right of me if possible. Doing this I've never had a problem here in San Diego and I have that intersection a lot. Please, please, remember never to be the first through an intersection.
Chris