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darkknight109 posted...

4) If the intersection is uncontrolled:
-People going straight have right-of-way ahead of people who are turning

An often-overlooked quirk of this is that if there's a bike on the right-hand side of the road and they're going straight, that gives them priority over people that are looking to turn across their route. If there's a proper bike lane (especially a protected one), this is often explicitly signed, but it applies to road-sharing circumstances as well. It should be common sense that regardless of explicit right-of-way laws, you shouldn't pass somebody with the intent of immediately cutting them off and forcing them to stop while you turn in front of them, but sadly common sense is decidedly less common among drivers than it ought to be, and that becomes significantly magnified when it comes to driving around bikes.