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Old 09-16-10 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by achoo
In the vernacular, that translates to, "Your laws shouldn't apply to me."

Good luck with that.
No, it means the law is wrong. Are you suggesting that all laws are always right and just?

Originally Posted by AdamDZ
It doesn't make it right. For some cyclists this is a way of life and death. I've seen many cyclists hit by car or hitting pedestrians while blowing a red light. An ironic accident happened when a cycling activists was killed on Queens Blvd when riding through a red light. I myself narrowly avoided being hits by cyclists blowing lights. Really, this needs to stop.
You're too smart to not see the difference between the "Idaho stop" and some idiot flying through a light so why are you perpetuating this silliness? "Blow" a red light and you're an idiot playing Russian Roulette. Run a red light intelligently? Different story.

I like the post somewhere above about not seeing a cop means not being situationally aware enough to run a light. That was well put.

There's a red light in front of a police precinct HQ in Harlem that is routinely run by nearly every cyclist who goes through this intersection and nobody is ever ticketed. The cops are no fools, they know that it's often more practical and safer, yes safer for cyclists to run red lights.
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