Originally Posted by scoober
And its not even about being held accountable by the law/other people.
exactly. it sounds cliche to say that i obey a more fundamental set of rules than traffic laws, but it's sort of true. what's really important is that we all get where we're going safely.
and you're right, even the most skilled cyclist can not be 100 percent certain that they won't endanger someone when breaking a traffic law. but you can't be certain of that even when you're obeying the law.
it can be argued ad nauseum whether or not obeying the law is always the safest thing to do, and it depends on the situation, but i'm obviously in the "not" camp.