Sounds like he was in a multi lane road going straight ahead, the right turn lane was behind a light and had traffic waiting in it. Maybe he should have moved over to turn right sooner and join the queue but he didn't (and many people would have done the same), so probably figured it'd be easiest to join at the front, when he arrived the ASL was blocked so he waited ahead of the line. Illegal but probably the best thing to do once he got there and not worth a FPN.
Sounds like he was in a multi lane road going straight ahead, the right turn lane was behind a light and had traffic waiting in it. Maybe he should have moved over to turn right sooner and join the queue but he didn't (and many people would have done the same), so probably figured it'd be easiest to join at the front, when he arrived the ASL was blocked so he waited ahead of the line. Illegal but probably the best thing to do once he got there and not worth a FPN.