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I use a mix of driving, biking, walking and public transit to get around, and don't commute via car, so I should have a fairly neutral view. That said, I find
by dustcoin 12y ago
I use a mix of driving, biking, walking and public transit to get around, and don't commute via car, so I should have a fairly neutral view.
That said, I find that the cyclists come across as the most irrational and biased in these discussions.
In Seattle, I've found a cyclist approaching an intersection is at least 10-100x as likely to dangerously run through a red light or ignore a stop sign than someone in a car. When cars run red lights, it tends to be within 1 second after the light was yellow. Cyclists will blow through without slowing at any time they please. I can safely claim that cyclists are at least an order of magnitude more likely to blatantly violate traffic laws than drivers are, and the argument that "drivers are just as bad as cyclists" holds zero weight to me.
- shkkmo 12y ago> I can safety claim that cyclists are at least an order of magnitude more likely to blatantly violate traffic laws than drivers are, and the argument that "drivers are just as bad as cyclists" holds zero weight to me. Except that the most commonly, blatantly violated traffic law is the speed limit. This is one that is almost never violated by bicyclists.