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Eh, I'm a cyclist in NYC and when i come to a red light i slow way down and if there are any pedestrians or cars, I stop. But if it's completely clear, I'll rol
by schrodinger 12y ago
Eh, I'm a cyclist in NYC and when i come to a red light i slow way down and if there are any pedestrians or cars, I stop. But if it's completely clear, I'll roll through slowly and carefully. It feels pretty safe and I make sure that I always come to complete stops far back if there are pedestrians because they have the right away.
I've heard that some states legally treat red lights and stop signs as yield signs for bicyclists, and I think that's reasonable. I view what I do as the same as jay walking... Technically illegal, but no one is going to stand and wait at a cross walk for 30 seconds for a light to change when it's clear there's no one coming.
- jghn 12y ago"if it's completely clear" That's my philosophy. I primarily walk, but at times drive & bike. My take is that iff there is no one else who could possibly be impacted by it that running stop signs and red lights is AOK. The problem I often see with this is that most people only consider one of the other two modes of transportation (no on cares about Segways, muahaha!) and forgets the other one - often the pedestrians.
- otoburb 12y agoI'm fine with cyclists slowing down before hitting a red light and then rolling through because I'm at least somewhat assured that they made an active effort to look out for adult or child pedestrians and pets. What I really hate is a pack of cyclists blowing past a red light when my kids are walking with me across a sidewalk (example: Riverside Drive).