Originally Posted by Hawkear
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.
The limit line is way way too late. But now you are going to have to fight his opinion and the judges about it. If the bike lane is dashed prior to the intersection, use this to point to a minimum distance of when one should leave the bike lane...