If SF is anything like NYC, GP is right to make sweeping generalizations. Cyclists do not follow the rules of the road here. They simply don't. In particular,

If SF is anything like NYC, GP is right to make sweeping generalizations. Cyclists do not follow the rules of the road here. They simply don't. In particular, they go through red lights as if they don't exist. As a pedestrian crossing a crosswalk -- with the cross signal -- you still need to look left and right for bicycles. I don't see cars running red lights too often, but bicycles are a constant threat. And they are silent and sometimes hard to see. To be fair, this report[1] from 2018 shows the disparity in injuries caused by bicycles (134) versus cars (2,272). With that in mind, it doesn't make sense for me to be complaining about the bicycles. At the same time, there's a reason these statistics don't match my experience and the experience of many others. I dodge bicycles every day and don't get injured, probably because they're relatively easy to dodge most of the time. I've been hit by a bicycle twice but never reported it because I wasn't injured enough to seek medical care. I've never had to dodge a car. If you stand on any corner in NYC, you will see cyclists running red lights several times within an hour. You won't see cars doing it as often. So, I think this issue would be solved if the majority of cyclists followed the rules of the road like the majority of drivers do. Until then, people like me are going to keep complaining, despite the apparent damages not being as severe as what cars cause. [1] https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bicycle-crash-data-report-2018.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bicycle-crash-da...