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Old 04-01-12 | 10:41 PM
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dissident
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From: Brookings, SD

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I came here after reading a story about motorcycles being able to run red lights because they don't trigger the sensors... in the article they made a smarky comment about bicyclers not caring about traffic laws at all, and I thought about how I basically run all red lights except at busy intersections. I'm just not going to sit there at a light. It's safer to cross when there's no traffic waiting anyways then to worry about cars turning in front of you, passing you, whatever. I don't come to a full stop at stop signs.. slowing down to 7-10 mph is enough for me to see if it's safe.. I just don't think traffic laws should apply to non motorized vehicles in the same way. I wouldn't expect joggers to stop and wait for greens, but I see people do it.

I've been pondering since I'm considering getting a motorcycle how many road bikers ride motorcycles and vise versa and what each group thinks of each other... if motorcyclists look down on road bikers or whatever, not that it matters.

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