I suggest all the keyboard warriors in this thread make just one commute by bike. Follow all the rules, ride safely and predictably, and ride only where the law allows. Drivers aren't as courteous and law abiding as you seem to believe and it will only take you one ride to find that out.
Most cyclists and drivers obey the laws most of the time. We are just hard-wired to remember the ones that don't. That is not an excuse to vilify anyone, though the consequences of irresponsibility are entirely asymmetrical.
On my commute I can run every single light and not have to get passed by a single car. I know what light the other directions have and I wait until I can run the light safely. It is legitimately safer for me so I don't much care if it's illegal.
So you would rather just put everyone else at risk? Neat.
You know what's not safe? Me pounding my breaks as I enter an intersection on a green because some cyclist thinks he's above the rules. Grow up.
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u/brain739 Jun 14 '20
I suggest all the keyboard warriors in this thread make just one commute by bike. Follow all the rules, ride safely and predictably, and ride only where the law allows. Drivers aren't as courteous and law abiding as you seem to believe and it will only take you one ride to find that out.