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you are supposed to slow down before running over people. bicycles are still vehicles.

• sideshowb 7y ago
  You are also not supposed to step from sidewalk into road without looking.
  • greggman2 7y ago
    It's hard for me to have sympathy for cyclists as I see so many run red lights and plow directly through pedestrians even when the pedestrians have the right of way. Maybe that's a few bad apples but it happens enough that it feels like the norm. Yes, 2 wrongs to make a right. If the light is red and the pedestrian is crossing without looking then I'd also be upset at the pedestrian.
    • alanbernstein 7y ago
      Try paying attention to cars running stop signs and red lights (and speeding!) some time. You might be surprised to realize how often you've ignored this happening.
    • 4ntonius8lock 7y ago
      Have that same attitude but change the word 'cyclist' for 'blacks' or 'latinos' or 'jews' or 'women'. Then you will see why your attitude is abhorrently wrong. Or maybe not. Up to you.
      • bananocurrency 7y ago
        ...you do know that people actively choose to be cyclists, right?
    • sideshowb 7y ago
      Have you ever taken note of how often motorists exceed the speed limit? I think you've shifted context from general sidewalks to red lights though. I think 99 percent of red light running cyclists would agree you have to do that carefully and assume people will step out at that point. The bad apples are the ones who aren't careful about it.
    • concordDance 7y ago
      To be fair to cyclists, them hittibg someone is orders of magnitude less dangerous than a car doing so. Bycicles are very light, narrow and slow so it's odd that as a society we expect them to follow rules designed for fast, heavy and wide vehicles.