Old 04-24-09 | 09:34 AM
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prathmann
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I've sometimes used the maneuver as described in the OP to make a left turn and have never encountered any indication from the following car drivers that they had any resentment. I do this only if I feel that due to traffic conditions it isn't safe for me to get over into the left turn lane so I have to do the two-stage left instead. Going all the way to the far right side of the road risks having right-turning cars try to hook around me, so I stay at the front of the right-most lane that has traffic going straight. Once the light changes I move a little to the right so cars behind me can easily get past.

I don't see any problem with this method of making a left turn from a busy street where getting into the left turn lane could be dangerous. I get through the intersection safely and no one else is impeded by me.
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