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Originally Posted by squiggs96
No. This is the attitude that makes drivers and pedestrians hate cyclists. There are rules of the road. Follow them whether you are walking, biking or driving. Stop signs, traffic lights, lanes, etc. are there for a reason.
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Nah, some rules are dumb: waiting for a red light at 5AM when there's nobody in sight in either direction; coming to a full stop at a stop sign on the bike when you'll just break your momentum and cause a car that's already waiting for you to wait even longer; not using an unoccupied sidewalk to get out of the way of cars and/or avoid obstacles like stalled buses; hopping off your bike to use a crosswalk rather than just remaining on it but moving at a slow pace...
Just so long as you exercise good judgment and respect the other people on the road (and sidewalk) you'll be fine. Some rules just need to be more strictly applied to one-ton high-speed death machines than they do to bikes.