[jessaustin]

Sigh.

In Germany, a cyclist riding properly takes more or less a whole lane on its own, like a car. No, we don't pass trucks on the right, not even if they are stopped.

Sigh. One could probably find American cyclists who will happily park behind a big truck and wait to get pancaked too. Momentum is valuable. To each her own. I do agree that in many situations it's better to split lanes and pass on the left than to pass on the right. It isn't always possible.

This kind of accident usually happens if the truck overtakes a cyclist which is crossing an intersection, the cyclist going straight ahead...

As I'm sure you agree, cyclists entering an intersection should already have taken the whole lane, to prevent exactly that problem. Cyclists beside a big truck are already in the wrong place. As you indicate, grade-separated bike lanes are a big reason why cyclists might not realize that they're in such a situation. The grade separation is often interrupted at intersections. At that point cyclists in the bike lane aren't much different from cyclists on the sidewalk.