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Cyclists always try to use this defense/whataboutism way too often, without realizing that to a pedestrian, you on your bike are just as deadly as a car. Motorists are at least expected to know the rules of the road, cyclists openly oppose any sort of education and even act offended at the idea that they too should know the rules of the road they're on. As a pedestrian in Toronto, cyclists are my biggest danger, not motorists.
Statistically, that's not true. A car at any speed can kill a pedestrian or cyclist. For a cyclist to kill a pedestrian, which is exceedingly rare, it would take a lot of speed and bad luck to result in a fatality. I don't think I've ever even heard of a cyclist killing a pedestrian at a stop sign.
But to be clear, I don't advocate for cyclists blowing through stops when there are pedestrians around, since that's obviously not obeying the right of way. I aim to be a defensive and respectful rider when I'm on my bike.
But I would still like to see more enforcement of stop rules being applied to motorists (and not cyclists on empty roads), since they really are responsible for the vast majority of catastrophic injury and death for pedestrians and cyclists.
At the same time, we can't ignore that far too many pedestrians put themselves at risk, so everyone has some personal responsibility here.