Originally Posted by pyze-guy
If we, as cyclists, want to be treated with the same concideration on the road as cars, we have to follow the same rules. You caught caught, it sucks, too bad. If you saw a car doing this in the same situation, would you have been okay with that, or would you be perturbed by the fact that the traffic laws were being disregarded?
youre assuming that everybody follows your suit. i do not want to be treated with the exact same consideration as a car... similarly i do not treat commercial trucks as cars, either--they accelerate slower, turn wider, take up more space, etc. red lights laws are to protect the subject, and, more importantly, others. i did not reasonably subject myself to harm, and i especially did not subject others to harm (well, i guess 531 steel is pretty tough). you live in your oversimplified world and ill live in mine
