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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today, I was driving westbound on Macarthur Blvd, and I stopped at a red light. Two bicyclists, with children in tow, came up behind me, crossed four lanes of traffic to turn left onto Dana Place.  I know bikes can do a rolling stop through stop signs, but is this correct behavior at a stop sign.  It seemed very dangerous to me as cars were crossing Macarthur with the light.[/quote]

Fools also ride bikes.  Anyone riding a bike who runs a red light is just asking to be killed by a car and they are acting foolishly.  [/quote]

Okay, let's all just get on same page.

Cyclist here.

What happens in this video [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIlBag5Cno[/youtube] is the cyclist is being foolish and putting themselves at unnecessary risk.  I saw a video (couldn't find it) of a cyclist just humming along on one of the T or R type sts in NW who just blows through a light at 16th street without looking and is nailed by a taxi.  That taxi did nothing wrong, the cyclist did.  WE ALL AGREE.

That isn't the type of "red light running" that cyclists want. This is [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVFEuSzhyqU[/youtube]. What we want to be able to legally do is stop at a red light, look both ways, see no one coming, and proceed through.  It's the same thing that many pedestrians do when they are going to cross a street and no one is coming, but the light is red at the intersection.  Why is this?  Because the red lights are for swiftly moving vehicles.  No one wants to stand in the rain or at night or just period at an intersection where literally no one is coming to wait to cross.  It's stupid.[/quote]

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