Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
Tacoma was coming from cyclist's left, correct?
Some people think it's safe to run stop signs or red lights that they'd stop for if they were in their car. I have never understood this. I ride my bike the exact same way I would drive my car, WRT stop signs, red lights, and signalling (mostly, it's harder to signal on a bike in some situations). Never gotten tickets on either.
A cyclist is "out in the open" with a 360 degree bird's eye view of traffic including sound. So for all practical purposes he can see (down the road in all directions) and hear a lot more than someone
sitting in a virtually soundproof chamber.
Not that I'm justifying running stop signs and red light mind you. Just pointing out that there is some sense behind it in some instances. Even if it is still technically illegal and potentially dangerous to do so.