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Then bikers should wave all their rights to file lawsuits when they get hit in traffic.

This kind of thinking blows my mind. I though we were in a society looking to make people safer, not to reduce safety just because someone finds following traffic laws "inconvenient".

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John,

Ever ridden a bike? Well, in last twenty years, as an adult? Believe me, cyclists have it in THEIR best interest to be safe. You can also believe that "rolling" through a stop sign can be perfectly safe. I do it every day. People in cars have a problem with this because THEY can't roll through stop signs. And it should stay that way, between your cell phone and your ipod along with insulation of your rolling tomb, your situational awareness is nigh compared to the average cyclist.

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John,

Ever ridden a bike? Well, in last twenty years, as an adult? Believe me, cyclists have it in THEIR best interest to be safe. You can also believe that "rolling" through a stop sign can be perfectly safe. I do it every day. People in cars have a problem with this because THEY can't roll through stop signs. And it should stay that way, between your cell phone and your ipod along with insulation of your rolling tomb, your situational awareness is nigh compared to the average cyclist.

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Having both been hit in a car by a bicyclist who ignored a red light, and being a bicyclist who hit a pickup making a legal turn, I think this is the dumbest idea ever. Bicyclists are responsible for following the rules of the road, and I regret being dumb enough to not do it myself on one occassion (broke a collar bone).

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One day Leroy will be hit by a car while running a red light or a stop sign. If I'm there, I'd stay as a witness to attest to the fact that Leroy did so.

I drive and bicycle to work. I always follow the rules of the road. For nearly the first 15 years of bicycling to school, then work, I had no problems with cars on the road while bicycling. I stopped cycling for a few years when work was too far of a commute. Then I got a closer job and bicycled again. What an absolutely horrible difference. There seems to be many more idiot cyclists on the road causing problems for everyone. The inconsiderate cyclists have made drivers more irate, and I have had many more near misses with drivers as well as cyclists.

I want fewer cyclists on the road. Many of the newer cyclists have no clue how to ride. They are a danger to themselves as well as everyone else. I also hate the flabby weekend warriors who have no business on the roads. They give legitimate law abiding bicyclists a bad image.

Drivers making right turns should also have their blinkers on. They have no right to be in the bike lane if a bicycle is already in the lane. They must wait their turn. A bicyclist who comes across a car that is already in the bike lane signaling a right turn must also wait for the car.

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