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> But it's annoying to see every bicycle that I encounter at an intersection, breaking the law. And as a motorist, motorcyclist, and bicyclist, it's annoying t

> But it's annoying to see every bicycle that I encounter at an intersection, breaking the law. And as a motorist, motorcyclist, and bicyclist, it's annoying to see drivers break the law, which they statistically do more often than bicyclists per a Danish government study: * https://politiken.dk/danmark/art7185605/Rygterne-om-cyklister-som-lovløse-banditter-er-stærkt-overdrevne https://politiken.dk/danmark/art7185605/Rygterne-om-cykliste... * Via: https://electrek.co/2024/01/11/cars-or-bikes-surprising-results-of-study-reveal-who-breaks-more-road-laws/ https://electrek.co/2024/01/11/cars-or-bikes-surprising-resu... Studies out of the UK and Florida have similar results: cyclists either follow the law at the same rate, or better. Motorists breaking the law has been so normalized that most people don't notice it.

RandomBacon 1y ago
Interesting, thank you. I didn't see where the Electrek article mentioned any U.S./Florida study though. I'm inclined to believe that bicyclists still might be better overall compared to car drivers, but perhaps not at the same rate as Denmark.
- throw0101a 1y ago
  Florida re-orged their site, so all the old links are broken: * https://www.fdot.gov/docs/default-source/research/Completed-Proj/Summary-SF/FDOT-BDV25-977-13-rpt.pdf https://www.fdot.gov/docs/default-source/research/Completed-... Do a search for "FDOT-BDV25-977-13" I guess. That study ("Naturalistic bicycling behavior pilot study") is referenced here: * https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-03/Bicyclist-Yield-As-Stop-Fact-Sheet_032123_v5_tag.pdf https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-03/Bicyclis...