[SDCBC] Good article on bicycle scofflaws

[JonIsaacs at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/5/07 7:47:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, nnorth at cox.net 
writes:

> OK, one of my rare times to chime in.  Watch drivers, cyclist (us), and 
> walkers.  A percentage will run/walk thru red lights and stop signs, and use 
> 
> the road in a generally unsafe way.  It isn't the majority of any group. 
> Just the noticable ones.  

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A couple of years ago I was waiting for a delivery at an intersection with a 
4 way stop and did an informal survey of who stopped, who slowed and who ran 
the stop sign.  These were subjective judgements...  This was at the entrance 
to the UCSD campus.  I waited about 45 minutes.

Of the cyclists, about half rolled the sign, the other half never slowed up 
at all.  A couple actually stopped.

Of the motorists, there were none that ran the signs, about half came to a 
stop, the other half rolled the sign.
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I rarely see a car run a light and yet I see cyclists run lights, cross an 
intersection against the red frequently.  I see cyclists riding on the wrong 
side of the street on a regular basis.  Last month I was riding SB on Genesee at 
night and heading up to Governor I realized there was someone on a bike with 
no lights headed down the hill in the bike lane at 30mph+ towards me... 

Jon


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