Old 10-13-08, 02:48 AM
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>Since the bike lane is always on the far right side, what do you do if you stop at an intersection stop light, but are planning on going straight, but the car behind you wants to turn right at the intersection, but you are blocking his way?

Assuming you're talking about turns where there's an arrow (or local laws allow drivers to turn through red lights)....either:
1) Look back and try and work out whether the car behind you is planning to turn (indicators/"turn signals" help), and move over one lane, so they can get through. Then get back over at the green light.
2) Get off the road entirely, wait in the gutter, then join in at the green light again.

Whatever you do, pay lots of attention to the cars around you - they don't see anything when they're stopped, it's up to you to look out for yourself and understand what they're going to do.

Steve
(attempting to picture this in a right-side-drive country...)
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