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"I see no evidence cyclists follow the rules of the road less than drivers or pedestrians do."

Really?

Drivers do break speed limits more often than cyclists, but I'm sure cyclists would break them too if they could. Look, I'm a driver and I'm a cyclist. I'm not taking sides here. But as bad as drivers are, cyclists are many times worse at following the rules of the road. Whether things like stop signs SHOULD apply equally to drivers and cyclists is a good question, but the fact is that cyclists almost never stop and rarely even slow down at stop signs, while drivers almost always make some attempt, however minimal, to obey them. Wrong way on a one-way street? Traveling on the wrong side of the road? You almost never see drivers doing these things, but it's common behavior among many cyclists.

As for pedestrians... I've given up on pedestrians. There's no rhyme or reason to what they do.

by jimble on Sep 13, 2012 12:59 pm • link • report

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