I was approaching an intersection where right turns were definitely authorized, as I was planning on turning right, but what constitutes approaching a place where a right turn is authorized in a court of law? 250 feet, 50 feet, or is it up to the discretion of the cyclist or the officer?
I have had a police officer tell me in the past that I should wait until the limit line to move over (this boggled my mind), and the CA DMV drawings of bicycle behavior at intersections are pretty sketchy in terms of the distances used.