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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are bikes allowed to ignore every single traffic law? [/quote]

Legally, no.
But the law is rarely applied, and sometimes it's safer for cyclists to cross an intersection when cars have stopped. 
Perhaps you're not mature enough to understand this, or the fact that there are a ton of laws in every state that for various reasons are not enforced.
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It's not that it's safer for cyclists to go through stop signs and traffic lights -- that's obviously crazy. It's that it would suck if they had to stop and start at every single intersection. That would be really tiring and be so slow. [/quote]

The worst is when it's rush hour, and you have a slow biker blocking traffic, but due to oncoming traffic it takes you forever to pass them.  You finally get past, then hit a red light, and the biker blows by you again as they completely disregard the light, and then you are stuck driving 10 mph yet again as you struggle to get around them once again in traffic.[/quote]
Yes--this is absolutely the worst. Happens all the time- not just during rush hour. Some cyclists behave as if the rules don't apply to them.[/quote]

Bicyclists who go at bicycle speed are complying with the rules, even if that inconveniences people who are driving at times when lots of other people are also driving.

Unrelatedly, yesterday while I was driving, I saw a driver speed up from 500 feet away to blast through a fully red red light at 50 mph. This is an intersection where there is constantly car wreckage strewn across the road. There should be red-light cameras at every traffic signal.[/quote]How can cyclists be in compliance with the "rules" when they behave as if there are no rules?  I guess when you are operating an uninsured vechicle with no license or registration why follow any rules at all.  Do any of you ever ever have a thought about those around you?  Why do you think it's totally ok to block and slow traffic on a road that is designated for cars as well as you?  Why are you biking on a road adjacent to a path?  And why would any one want their tax dollars spent on building new infrastructure for the small amount of cyclists when they show total disdain for the infrastruture already in place?  Also cyclists acting snotty does not attract a lot of sympathy to their perceived "plight".  Just as driving a car a choice is as you point out isn't cycling a  choice as well?[/quote]

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