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by tomkarlo 2946 days ago
At least in SF, they protect the bike lanes sometimes - no right on red, at least, when there's a protected bike lane.

Re filtering, is that technically against the rules? It's a single lane at that point, but in CA it's legal to share the lane if there's room. Seems like a cyclist or motorbike has the right to lanesplit and move up.
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aianus 2945 days ago
> Seems like a cyclist or motorbike has the right to lanesplit and move up.

Yes, but in this case you filter on the driver's left. You don't filter up in the 10cm between the curb and the car when the driver is signaling right; it's a dick move and eventually you're going to get hurt.

http://www.sfbike.org/news/bike-lanes-and-right-turns/

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tomkarlo 2943 days ago
Fair enough, but honestly this seems like far less of a problem than the large fraction of drivers who don't know how to turn properly in the first place, and just make that right turn without having merged into the bike lane.

I commuted in SF for a year, and I'd guess 75% of cars don't know why the bike lane starts getting dashed before an intersection.

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