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The same way some people on cars don't give a shit about rules. Because people are selfish.

The question is, how much are these people outliers? How much of it is you remembering and inflating the few bad situations, and forgetting the uneventful interactions? Compare this to how often people do shit in (much more dangerous) cars, that we just take for granted as regular road behaviour.

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How often do I see cars blatantly ignore red lights and stop signs, drive on busy sidewalks, and go the wrong way on one-way streets? It's very uncommon.

Bicycles here are much rarer, but when you see them, they are vastly more likely to be doing those things.

Next time you are walking past a junction take a peek at how many drivers are using their phones. A telltale sign is a delayed response when the signal changes green.

That aside, I don’t understand why your experiences of bad cycling are relevant here.

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