Originally Posted by
rebel1916
I would argue that the police have a societal obligation to enforce the traffic laws and we ALL have a societal obligation to mind our own beeswax
Agreed. And, if you think about it, other "communities" of road users aren't doing this sort of self-policing. If a guy in a Jeep sees another Jeep speeding or rolling a stop sign, do you think he comes online to a Jeep forum, to whine about how that makes all Jeep-drivers look bad? Yeah, I bet it's happened once or twice, but with bicycles, it happens
all the time. We, as cyclists, are individuals. We don't need to apologize for the actions of other cyclists, nor do we need to pretend it's our job to correct/punish opther cyclists for minor traffic infractions.