What's the name for completely ignoring stop signs and red lights altogether, which seems to be standard for many cyclists?
I keep seeing this claim, but I rarely see it in reality. I've seen two cyclists go through red lights in the past decade. Cyclists ignoring or coming to a rolling stop at stop signs is more common, though those who do it are still in the minority.
Perhaps cyclists behave differently in my area. Perhaps it is because I am on the road during the commute, so I'm seeing more experience cyclists. Yet I find both excuses to be a bit of a stretch. Someone above said it well: the greatest risk to a cyclist is themselves. That is certainly true for interactions with automobiles. What a lot of people fail to realize is that's even true for interactions with pedestrians or even the road surface itself (e.g. if a cyclist hits a pedestrian, the risk of injury is about the same for both parties). Cyclists aren't motorists on two wheels. They only have minimal protection and have to acutely aware of their own safety when making decisions.
I probably saw it the day before. I expect to see it tomorrow. It’s like every bloody time.
Or maybe cyclists are immortal. I've certainly seen a few situations where I've seen a cyclist do something, then was wondering how they managed to survive. That said, I view it as a cyclist with a death with rather than something that cyclists do.
If you were a crappy driver that didn't "get" how traffic worked and thought everything on the roads should follow the law like a robot you would "see" these instances far more often because you would misidentify "perfectly fine and predictably but not technically legal" behavior as egregious violations.
In reality 99x/100 (probably more) a <anything> ignores a light it's done in a situation where that behavior is obviously fine. Your eyes may see it but you don't remember it as memorable because it fits your mental model of how traffic is expected to act.
And as a pedestrian (and bicyclist and motorcyclist and driver) I'd rather take my chances with a Giant-brand mountain bike versus a giant-sized Chevy Tahoe.
Is jaywalking as bad as murder?
I used to live in Bologna where for the first time in my life I saw a cyclist start crossing on a red light, going over a total of 4 lanes in high traffic.
Meanwhile in my current city the authorities appear to promote cycling because it draws attention away from the sorry state of public transport, with frequent tram derailings.
Unfortunately they occasionally lump cyclists and pedestrians together in the process, degrading my walking experience considerably.
That seems more than a little hyperbolic, no? Road rage is real, but I don’t think there are drivers who are actively and deliberately trying to maim or murder bicyclists.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_erro...
At any rate when they shout at you, roll coal, swerve to force you off the road their intentions are clearly not good.
Seems many drivers don’t see people on bikes a humans, and behave accordingly.
> A driver who told a cyclist “I’m going to kill you” before ramming him with his car has been jailed for 10 months after being found guilty of dangerous driving.
https://road.cc/content/news/driver-who-deliberately-rammed-...
> A CYCLIST with cancer who was cornered by a driver before being beaten for ‘no reason’ was left ‘furious’, saying: ‘I could have been killed.’
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/hayling-island-cycli...
> This person passed a cyclist and then drove off the road intentionally onto the shoulder and into two other cyclists and possibly accelerated while doing that
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-driver-accused-of-inte...
An older video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7oskFsHSMs
> The driver, Marshall Grant Neely III, who is the dean of students at University School of Nashville continues to deny his responsibility for slamming into the cyclist and sending him to hospital.
The video of him hitting the cyclist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfqthN_UjG0
> Neely responded “No there are bikes all over the place. I didn’t see him…I feel very badly for the gentleman who collided with me and I assume we’ll see each other in court,” he continued adding that he does not think he is a bad man.
https://www.granfondoguide.com/Contents/Index/2920/shocking-...