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Personally I think it's far more likely that the lorry saw an empty (minus you obviously) junction and just thought fuck it and went through, than it was a breakdown in the lights and timings at that junction.
Otherwise you'd have to get off your bike and wait at the junction for no right turning traffic (when will that happen at commuting times?) to see if it doesn't trigger. Whereas if you are always there trying to turn right my guess is that it will trigger and you'll corrupt your own experiment.
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Yep.
My mood also wasn't helped by a fellow cyclist coming past shortly after saying "you wont try that again will you". I wanted to catch up and explain, tell him i'd cover it all off on an internet forum and that I'm a careful cyclist who understands risk/reward as an experienced year round commuter, but my legs were too wobbly.
Scrabble
Thanks! So am i!
Yeah, was the tail end of amber, but normally, I'd say this is the safest time to navigate this junction if you've had the right turn green. There is a decent gap till the other lights go green, and anyone heading south should have been held for a while. The only thing you'd need to watch for is peds crossing just after you've turned right, as most don't wait for a green man.
Anyway, I'll keep an eye out now and see if that right filter light ever doesn't go on. Seems odd, as its part of a "superhighway" and plenty of cyclists wait in the little blue box in the middle of the two lanes, so sensors wouldn't necessarily pick them up.