Quote Originally Posted by smilingcat View Post
Another thing with this method is it helps a lot if you can "jump" off the line (accelerate as fast as possible so you are not next to the car as both of you make the turn).
Exactly, I do the same thing. I try and do this at every light so make the drivers happy that I'm around when I'm in front at a light. I always look when the crossing street's light turns yellow and begin to slowly roll and clip in so that I'm off and going when ours turns green. It still cracks me up that there are so many people in a line of cars that honk literally 2 seconds after the light turns green. It's even funnier when the first car is already rolling - they may be slowly accelerating - and somebody honks. In a hurry mucH?! So one of my main objectives on the road at or near intersections is to have the smallest impact as possible on drivers and cars on the road. I live in NJ and people have no patience and SHORT tempers. They get pissed at anything. So I always try and just get out of the way or move as fast as possible to not make anybody angry....because it's real easy to do that around here!