True. Also, cities just seem to drop bicycle lanes on the sides of streets without thinking about how the traffic would flow. Right-hand turns are a particular

True. Also, cities just seem to drop bicycle lanes on the sides of streets without thinking about how the traffic would flow. Right-hand turns are a particular issue - I've seen lanes where the care lane is on the left and the bike lane is on the right, then to accommodate cars make right-hand turns the two lanes suddenly switch (bikes are supposed to cross over to the left while cars are supposed to cross over to the right). In situations where there isn't a right-hand turn lane, I've been told that the car is supposed to merge into the bike lane and drive along it and then make the turn from there (so that it doesn't try to suddenly drive into the lane when it reaches the intersection). I'm sure there are ways these kinds of things could be handled well (maybe lights that separate the two forms of traffic?). But it seems like a lot of places are putting these in without much thought, and with the assumption that there won't be many cyclists - because if there were, some of these intersections would become dangerous messes.