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Originally Posted by secol
i'd say a fair number of bicyclists don't follow the rules of the road as a car. they basically switch between following rules as a pedestrian and a vehicle depending on what suits them.
just the other day i watched a bicyclist go down 6th ave as a vehicle until cars were backed up at a red light. he then proceeded to weave his way to the front. others like biking as a vehicle until cars are backed up, then they jump the curb to be a pedestrian to skip to the front before rejoining the road.
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Whe fact that a fair number of bicyclists don't follow the rules is a non point, the same can be said about people driving in cars. They speed, run stop signs, turn when it isn't safe to do so, etc.
I am all for cyclist being held accountable for breaking the rules, and sometimes they are, albeit not very often due to difficulty in enforcement.
I guess what I am saying is that just because you witness bicyclists breaking the law, and essentially putting themselves at risk, it doesent somehow exonerate the driver that is texting or not paying attention and drifts into a cyclist that is stopped at a red light, or cycling in the shoulder.
There are rules in the road, and drivers and cyclists are both responsible to follow the same set, if you break the rules that is on the person at fault and they need to own that, not blame the other guy and whine that the rules are tilted in the others favour.