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If you find yourself behind someone when you reach a junction, why not stay there?
Well said.
Increasingly, I am now thinking quite carefully about when and when not to filter at lights at all - depends on how long the queue is really. If there's only on or two vehicles in front, why not take primary and wait like everybody else?
Skülly-
I do this pretty frequently - the only downside I've encountered is a woman named Karen driving directly into the back of me. Not really an argument to the contrary but something to keep in mind...
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Simple reason is that during rush hour, waiting behind one or two cars is completely futile because no one else will. The slowest cyclists have to be at the front 'because it's safer' or something.
If you do wait behind a car it's best to do it in the gutter rather than primary, blocking the way forward as much as possible. You can almost feel the rage behind you. LoL.
MechaMorgan
Brun
Sitting at a red light in Borough this evening, roughly a metre from the kerb. Gent on a road bike rolls up and sits on my left, but slightly in front of me. Sigh, annoying that now I have to worry about him as I'm moving off, but nothing too unusual.
Another gent rolls up on my right and sits slightly in front of me there. Now, having been first at the lights by a good 15-20 seconds I'm sitting at the back. Feeling frustrated I let loose a sardonic "Everyone has to be at the front..." which is met by surprised looks from both parties and a "That's the way it is these days mate."
Yeah, yeah, I know everyone on two wheels is a friend, and I'm making a mountain out of a molehill like the nitpicking dickhead that I am, but I've started so I'll finish.
Why is it that people who would never dream of jumping the queue at an ATM or at the supermarket suddenly feel that nipping to the front and denying the cyclist there the chance to move off quickly is OK? If you find yourself behind someone when you reach a junction, why not stay there?
OK, I know there are bigger things to be worrying about, and more dangerous issues, but y'know... What are these threads for if not for ranting to strangers on the internet? Fin.