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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When was the last time you saw a cyclist stop at a stop sign? When was the last time you saw a cyclist cited for ignoring traffic laws?
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Yes, definitely bicycles are the only vehicle that don't always stop at every single stop sign and don't get cited.

I probably stop at a higher percentage of stop signs on my bike than the drivers who approach the four-way stop outside my house do. I'd guess the share of cars that come to a complete stop — or even anything approaching a complete stop — when I'm sitting on my porch is about 30 percent. [b]Just now while I typed this line, five different cars rolled through the intersection without even attempting to stop[/b].[/quote]

Either you're an extremely, extremely slow writer or just a bald-faced liar. I'm guessing the latter. [/quote]

Sorry, should have been "typed this post," not typed this line. And I originally had three, but then a couple more went by, so I changed it to five. The only time cars stop at this stop sign is when more than one of them arrive at the same time. [/quote]

It's ok. Everyone knows you're lying. Maybe try to come up with something that doesn't seem completely ridiculous?[/quote]

Cars not stopping at a stop sign, totally ridiculous, I know! Imagine that.[/quote]

Now you're lying about lying? Sweet. I believe you said *five* cars did not even slow for a stop sign in the 20 seconds you spent writing a post, which makes no sense on so many levels. [/quote]

I spent about 2 minutes with that post open on my laptop, because I was doing a couple of other things at the same time. During those two minutes, five cars blew through the stop sign without coming to anything approaching a complete stop. I never said none of them slowed at all, though at least one of them did not (it was turning right). I live a block from a major commercial corridor, and cars cut past my house to get there all the time. What is it that you think is a lie? That the cars existed? That they didn't stop? Do you really think every car stops at every stop sign all the time?[/quote]

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