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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right-of-way is not a question of intuition, and bicyclists aren't "cutting across", they're following the bike lane. Hopefully the green paint will indicate to drivers that they can't just look at the traffic signal, they also need to watch out for bicyclists.[/quote]

The bike lane cuts across the turn lane just like it cuts across the lanes of Tuckerman.

People traveling in the bike lane must turn to follow the bike lane across the turn lane, while the people in the turn lane just need to go straight. Usually the vehicle traveling straight has the right of way, just like a cyclist riding in the far right lane going straight has the right of way when another vehicle is making a right turn.

The law doesn’t even matter. What matters is how road users behave, and if you think all drivers are going to be more focused on the cyclist and the green paint than they are on the light, then you give drivers more credit than I do. We probably won’t even find out what the law actually is until someone gets fatally t-boned. I’m not going to volunteer to find out. [/quote]

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