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Originally Posted by Icycle
Whenever I'm approaching an intersection with a yellow or red light, I merge left, out of the bike lane and into the rightmost straight through lane. Right turning motorists have plenty of space to pass me on the right to make their turn. And when the light changes, I can move back over to the right again before I have delayed any motorists queued up behind me.

Common sense and experience tell us that this is the best course. It's not that difficult to ride in traffic and time on the bike is the best teacher.
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