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Cyclists adhere to the same rules of the road.
Not in all cases, e.g. the “Idaho stop” or laws that allow cycling on the sidewalk or proceeding on red light after a delay.
You're mentioning extra laws that still need to be followed. They just replaced other vehicular laws. They're still able to be broken.
Yes but they are not “the same rules of the road”; they are different rules for bikes vs cars.
They're a fairly small subset and still very easy to break though. All of those laws you mentioned would be broken if someone absent mindedly wasn't paying attention.
I’m really not sure how you’d go about breaking the Idaho stop law. Stopping when you didn’t really need to?
Regardless the point is that cyclists do not need to follow the same rules of the road as cars do.
Regardless, that's not the same as saying they're not as strict which is what I was replying to.
Idaho stop is broken the same way a car not following a yield sign is broken. It's still really easy and one of the most common complaint about cyclists to begin with.
In my experience, there are plenty of cyclists out there (and I’m sure it’s not the majority, but enough for me to notice) who are “traffic” when it suits them, and also “pedestrians” when it suits them.
Mostly, bike messengers in Boston are dicks. 😅
That's just describing the cyclists who break rules though. It doesn't mean they are required to follow fewer laws.
source: trust me bro
Says the troll who didn't even read the headline of the post before posting just because they saw a car and cycle in the same picture.
Beyond that, I responded to each of their points. If you want a source, ask them to provide them and I will give a rebuttal. I responded to the amount of information they provided. I didn't see you asking them for a source, but you already have shown you're obviously biased and don't actually care about real discussion. Otherwise you wouldn't just interject an opinion into a topic without even knowing what's being discussed.