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Originally Posted by IanWatson
I have to admit, the "no right turn on red" wherever bike lanes are installed really baffles me. As a cyclist, I WANT the cars turning right on red. That means they can clear the intersection before my light turns green to go straight, and there's less risk of me getting right hooked by a right-turning car who's been getting impatient waiting for a green.
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I'm divided about it personally. I bike to work a lot, and I agree in large part with what you are saying for the exact same reason, but the flip side of that is that by giving people the "permission" to turn right whenever they want it creates more situations where drivers don't check their blind spot or even look for cyclists at all, and that can be very unnerving as an unprotected cyclist.
It's also much worse for cyclists coming through the intersection on a green light the other way. If a driver sticks their nose out into the intersection to check - or not stop completely - to turn right on a red light, they are very likely to either hit a cyclist coming the other way, or to take up the bike's space on the side of the intersection and force them to veer further into traffic and risk getting side swiped or hit from behind.
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