Originally Posted by
neil
Why does it make more sense for a bike to run a red light when there's no one coming than for a car to do the same? Or would you argue that you feel silly waiting at a red light if you were driving a car?
Confession time: I run the same stop lights in my car that I do on my bike. I always stop for reds, but if there is nobody around, then I'll bust through the red. Nobody sees, nobody cares.
I also roll stop signs whether I'm on the bike or in the car. Except for the fact that with one vehicle I'll use highways, and with the other I'll use MUPs, sidewalks, dirt trails, and surf parking lots, I pretty much bike like I drive and vice versa.