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Many of them seem to be going past to turn right, which would be a valid use of the right turning lane. Also, I'd contest the behaviour being characterised as

• mc32 7y ago
  You might be right. It could be allowed behavior. What throws it off for me is that most people stay in the bike lane. Only a small minority try to get to the head of the pack via circumvention (which, like you point out, could be permissible).
  • jacquesm 7y ago
    That's because there is a level difference, which can be hard to navigate when you are going down on an oblique angle. Most people don't bother, the lights cycle fast enough. But when you're in a hurry you'll skip the queue (and plenty of people will skip the light too, but that's another matter and not allowed). The level difference is there to discourage cars from going on the bike path. Of course it also has the opposite effect.
  • Vinnl 7y ago
    I think part of the reason is that it's just a small minority that intends to turn right. For them, waiting is somewhat useless, as they're not crossing any other traffic. Once the traffic light turns green, not many of those waiting turn right; most of them cross the road.