FLCC> [BHV] beware the "rules of the road"

[Scott W Brim]

On 05/10/2007 00:43 AM, William Lodico wrote:
> 2.  You are waiting at the head of a line of motor traffic intending  
> to go straight; unfortunately. even though you have tried to move as  
> far left as you safely could, you are blocking  a continuous right  
> turn lane (having been maneuvered there by the realities of dealing  
> with multilane traffic on a bicycle) and you are intending to go  
> straight, AFTER making sure the coast is clear, in order to clear the  
> light for the right turners behind you.

Specious.  How did you get in this situation?  If you had behaved like
a car in the first place, taken your lane and stayed in it, then you
wouldn't be there.  It sounds like you worked your way up the right
side of the straight lane (clever bicycle), so now you're stuck in the
right turn lane.  But anyway, what I do in that situation is first
tell myself I never learn, then I squeeze myself in front of the
straight lane and risk anger.

> 3.  You are in a group behind several bicycles who have gone under  
> the green and yellow at 25 mph, and you are not yet in the  
> intersection as the light turns red.  There is traffic  close behind  
> you (motor or other bicycles) which may not manage to stop if you  
> suddenly stop, and may not be expecting you to stop.

Your safety is your own responsibility -- you can't blame this on your
"friends".  Look around for yourself, and when you see the yellow, you
slow down whether they do or not.  If they are your friends they will
wait for you.