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[Closed] Cyclists going through red lights ?

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My commute has mainly segregated roads, so I pretty much never see cyclists jumping lights. Not really noticed it as a thing outside of London either, but I assume by the noise its continual.

Whats more alarming is the increasing number of motorists that treat red as advisory - so many blatantly running them. More than once I've had toots and gestures for slowing down on amber too.

re: phones - a few more people need to watch this then:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2016/oct/31/lorry-driver-tomasz-kroker-tracey-houghton-mobile-a34-dashcam-video


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 12:58 pm
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Whats more alarming is the increasing number of motorists that treat red as advisory – so many blatantly running them. More than once I’ve had toots and gestures for slowing down on amber too.

It's not only red lights... I've had a bus trying to intimidate me into a box junction... horn blaring and an inch off my boot...

This is however all part of the same thing (IMHO).... once road rules break down and become a free for all then everyone else gets pulled in.. some reluctantly... (Either on bikes or driving) I don't like being pushed into the amber because the person or people behind me are racing for it and trying to stop seems more dangerous than not.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 1:11 pm
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Nearly all voters have had their life negatively impacted by a cyclist not following the rules… whether the outcome of that was merely a scare annoyance or a trip to hospital is just a matter of scale when there is a bandwagon to jump on.

Are we just making stuff up now?

Unless reading a Daily Mail headline about "Lycra Louts" counts as being negatively impacted I seriously doubt you have any evidence to back up that assertion.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 2:10 pm
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