Originally Posted by
Bikepacker67
OK.. Sure.. There is a jackhole component in the cyclists subset.
But look around!
2000lb cars bend/break the rules all the F'n time.
Speeding thru residential streets.
Rolling thru stopsigns (crosswalks be damned).
Yakking on cellphones, texting on blackberries, reading the GD newspaper.
I'm sorry, but whenever I come across a post lamenting the lack of lawabiding courtesy amongst cyclists, I'm reminded of that old saying about being penny wise and pound foolish.
Sorry, I don't buy it. Just because some else is being a jerk doesn't mean that you have to as well. If you see someone robbing a house do you rob a house too? What about murder? The "they do it so we should too" argument just doesn't hold water.
The law is the law. Yeah, you can break it if you want to and you probably won't get caught, but that doesn't make it right. This post was about cyclists causing near misses
with other cyclists because they chose to ignore the law. If you're going to break the law, that's your choice. However, please don't endanger others when you do it.