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> If you notice cyclists doing it, but not drivers, that's because you've dehumanised cyclists. Whoa! That's a pretty big accusation! I think you might want to
by maffydub 5y ago
> If you notice cyclists doing it, but not drivers, that's because you've dehumanised cyclists.
Whoa! That's a pretty big accusation! I think you might want to rethink.
I do see drivers running red lights, but it's almost always a close-run thing - maybe it's arguable that they couldn't have braked in time - it's hard to say (not a driver). There is a deliberate (short) pause between traffic lights going red and the green man pedestrian signal to show to allow for this. However it is, in my experience, common for cyclists to go through lights even after the green man is showing for pedestrians.
...and while I'm sure it's true that drivers often speed (and I definitely done condone that), I guess it's hard for me as a pedestrian to tell the difference between a car travelling at 30mph and say 40mph?