Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Part of the point of CM (albeit secondary), is to point out that traffic laws, like those above, are NOT always written in such a way so as to be fair to cyclists. Sometimes laws are broken to make a point.
Yeah, I have heard the "rules are meant to be broken", but just reading the replies on this thread it seems like many of the bikers do not even know the laws/rules...
It seems to me it woudl be more "valid" to have a weekly ride, organized by a Pro-Bike group, where you had 20-30 bikers ride through the city, breaking some laws(the single file law, all the way to the right, etc) while moving at the speed of traffic, and otherwise following the laws that cars do. i.e. not taking the whole street up, moving at the speed of traffic, not stopping at intersections, not "abusing" drivers. i.e. Flipping cars off, swearing at drivers, tapping cars, etc.
As a driver, I would be impressed by bikers that follow the rules and seem to feel they should be an equal on the road, as opposed to being able to do whatever they feel is their 'right" at the moment.