Originally Posted by mechBgon

Yes. Have a look at the attached pic. 60mph / 100kph traffic. I need to go straight through the intersection (red arrow). Half the overtaking traffic wants to drop into the 500-foot right-turn lane at full speed, the other half wants to go straight.

At night, during rush hour, with lots of brake lights ahead, and a lit-up shopping center on the right, this is where the DiNotte or BULL really pay for themselves, along with secondary lights and lots of reflective material. I'm not likely to be a last-second discovery that forces someone to slam on their brakes or make an emergency maneuver. The overtaking drivers may not always make the best choices, but at least they have time to do the choosing. So this is the background I come from, I'm mixing with high-speed traffic.

If anyone's wondering, my usual strategy is to assess the overtaking traffic with my helmet mirror, assess the cross-traffic waiting at the intersection, and in almost all cases I go up the left edge of the right-turn lane, so cross-traffic can see I'm going straight through, turning traffic can pass on my right in the turn lane, and through traffic can pass on my left in the through lane. Once in a while the situation is so sketchy that I'll take the right turn and then go down Qualchan back to the highway.