In article >, 223rem wrote:

> Had you not had your left turn signal on, the driver in front of
> you would have sped up to allow you to catch the green.
>
> (yeah right)

Exactly. I've had other drivers stop short and deliberately block
enterance to turn lanes. Even honking the horn to get them to move
forward into the 3-4 car length gap in front of them didn't work.