Originally Posted by
harshbarj
Honestly I see no valid reason to run a red light. Well, outside of lights that don't detect a bicycle and will only change for cars. The idea of keeping momentum to me just does not fly. I'm very overweight and have monster hills to climb and I don't use that as a reason to break the law.
Cool beans. Its all good. You continue being 'law abiding'. Someone should. I will probably run my 1X10*9 stopsign and my 1x10*6 stoplight sometime this year. That's saying a lot. Around here, stoplights can be 1/4mile apart. That's minutes saved over sitting with the traffic. On a ten miler that can be 20 even 30 minutes cumulative. I could be
finished eating dinner before you even get home, if we were riding the same route. I'm willing to bet you break far more important laws than the bogus statutes concerning bicycle operations on U.S. roadways. Laws that I adhere to because they make sense. But, really, that's not a judgement. Live and let live, right?
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