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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I was thinking about this conversation on my way home so I decided I'd see how many times I saw a cyclist break the law before I left downtown (which is essentially two blocks for me).
I was waiting to make a left turn onto 4th Avenue from 8th Street on my way home from work. Typical rush hour traffic. Had to wait two lights. In the process of those two lights, I counted 4 cyclists fly by on the sidewalk or weaved in and out of traffic at a standstill , shoot out into the intersection illegally, and fly up 4th Avenue.
Bike lane is one block over, there's no reason for this but their own agenda. 4 cyclists in two lights during rush hour. Think about that. it's winter. Imagine how much this is happening in the summer.
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Interesting, because I was paying attention too! There were 5 of us in the cycle track, and surprisingly, everyone stopped appropriately at the 4 way. Everyone looked to be regular commuters, all males 30-40(as Cliff Fletcher put it..." primarily from a population of aggressive and confident males amped up on adrenaline."- we were not.) So perhaps it is the law abiding cyclists who are less fearless that use the cycle track, and any argument to get rid of them on the basis that other cyclists behave like a-holes isn't a sound argument at all. Collective punishment, and all that.