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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 1340953" data-attributes="member: 7157">Pepper has a point.  I've seen this happen myself on several occasions; IMO, cyclists should stop at the end of the line at a light if they're going straight through.  I think that while cyclists should be allowed to use the roadways, they should keep in mind they present a slow-moving obstacle to motorized traffic.  Doing what they can to alleviate the results of such an interaction - be it moving over as far as they safely can, or choosing times of the day when there will be less traffic, favoring roads with wide shoulders, or best yet, as much as possible sticking to the bike paths on which municipalities spend taxpayer dollars for the benefit of cyclists - can only be beneficial for both sides.  Common sense and common courtesy works both ways.</blockquote>