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Articles [0][1] cite a study [2] that people driving cars and bicycles admit to breaking the law at the same rate. I've just now found the study itself, so will

Articles [0][1] cite a study [2] that people driving cars and bicycles admit to breaking the law at the same rate. I've just now found the study itself, so will be reading it's additional findings. [0]: https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-18/survey-finds-bicyclists-and-motorists-ignore-traffic-laws-similar-rates https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-18/survey-finds-bicyclis... [1]: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/03/16/busting-the-myth-of-the-scofflaw-cyclist/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/03/16/busting-the-myth-of-t... [2]: https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/871/875 https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/871/875

kasey_junk 8y ago
Even if you don’t contest the results of those studies (I don’t) you have to admit the consequences are dramatically different.
- SamBam 8y ago
  Exactly. One of those types of vehicles cause hundreds of deaths per day. The other causes a miniscule fraction of that. Further, when running a red light, one of those vehicles has greatly-reduced visibility, and greatly-increased consequences for being wrong. The question is: shouldn't one of those vehicles be held to a higher standard?