Just this last week, while I was biking to work, I made sure to cut as close to the front bumper to a car that was in the crosswalk as possible. My pedal was probably 6 inches from his bumper, and I was curving towards the car immediately after the crosswalk, so I was probably leaning over the car.
Sometime, I'm going to purposely ride into the side of a car.
Also, car that pull into crosswalks with the intention of turning right without stopping when the light is red are a huge pet peeve of mine as well. So many times, I've wished I was holding a hammer or a wrench to cause a nice dent on the person's car. Hey, it would suck for them, but they were putting my life on the line.
Also, how many cars actually stop before the sidewalk when pulling out of a driveway? Not very many. I wouldn't even care about them not stopping if they actually were looking to see if the sidewalk was clear - but they never do. There doesn't actually have to be a stop sign physically there for a driver to be required to stop before the crosswalk.
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