> it is very common to see cyclists running red lights This must be a cultural thing. I have seen two cyclists run red lights where I live in the past decade.

> it is very common to see cyclists running red lights This must be a cultural thing. I have seen two cyclists run red lights where I live in the past decade. I see motorists do the same thing every day. > or cycling the wrong way down one-way streets. I regularly see this happening on a quiet residential street. It's annoying, yet motorists also do the same. While this is a mistake in some cases, it is difficult to see how local residents doing so on a regular basis is a mistake. It also doesn't explain the people who zip along the road in reverse. (By that I mean they are moving in the wrong direction, but at least the car is facing the right way!) If registration had anything to do with safety, roads would be much safer places. Motor vehicles are already registered, yet people are frequently maimed or killed due to unsafe driving. Some motorists feel free to harass or intentionally endanger the lives of cyclists. Yet police rarely do anything unless someone ends up in a hospital or a morgue. Why should we expect it to be any different for cyclists? If there is an expectation that it will change the behaviour of cyclists, wouldn't the double standard over enforcement reflect a form of harassment? I am not claiming that cyclists are perfect. Far from it. They are people just as motorists are. They have their bad days. There are also some who refuse to respect the traffic regulations. But at the end of the day I consider the failure to reflect upon the dangers posed by far more dangerous motor vehicles and a desire to focus upon bicycles as ignorant, arrogant, or deliberate acts of malice.