Odd timing.

This morning, in Toronto, when I slowed to stop for a light that turned yellow, a hi-powered car that had been behind me hit the gas and blew by me to run the red.

Had I been "signaling" anything his rear view mirror would have tore my arm off.

Maybe if I had a bell on my bike I could have rang it at him over the scream of his 5-litre engine

Bikes are nice to pull over because we are less of a high-speed chase risk. The Toronto Police have been in a lot of hot water lately, as it seems whenever they try to pull a motorist over these days the resulting car chase ends up piling up a body-count of bystanders.

The police in Toronto have long since lost control of the motoring public. People on bikes are much safer to pull over, and the fines are often even higher since they still have the bell laws and the like to pile on top of whatever else