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Plus, aren't conditional clearances like this only given above certain weather minima? Such that a landing aircraft (or an aircraft taking off from the end, while you are lined up and waiting at an intersection) could see the whole runway and thus spot you before it's too late?
In the particular case I was thinking of it was severe clear just after dusk at LAX with a Metroliner on a position and hold clearance at an intersection 2400ft from threshold and a 737 cleared to land that didn't distinguish the metroliner's lights from the general runway lighting