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> 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. Fair eno
by maffydub 5y ago
> 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.
Fair enough. I only have my own experience to go on. Since writing my original comment and this one, I walked to the supermarket and back. I saw no cars run red lights but 4 cyclists do it (out of 5).
> There are also some who refuse to respect the traffic regulations.
This was the point I was making - specifically that the "some" cyclists who don't follow the rules (at least in ways that put me as a pedestrian at risk) is in my experience significantly more than the number of drivers.
> 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.
OK, so let's assume that my observation that cyclists break the rules more frequently is based on an "ignorant, arrogant or deliberate [act] of malice" on my part.
Why do you think I would feel that way? I neither drive nor cycle, so it's not like I'm in the drivers' camp, bashing cyclists.