<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 1/5/07 7:47:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, nnorth@cox.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">OK, one of my rare times to chime in. Watch drivers, cyclist (us), and <BR>
walkers. A percentage will run/walk thru red lights and stop signs, and use <BR>
the road in a generally unsafe way. It isn't the majority of any group. <BR>
Just the noticable ones. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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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.<BR>
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Of the cyclists, about half rolled the sign, the other half never slowed up at all. A couple actually stopped.<BR>
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Of the motorists, there were none that ran the signs, about half came to a stop, the other half rolled the sign.<BR>
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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... <BR>
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