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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only reason cyclists can go faster than drivers is because drivers are stopping at stop signs and cyclists are not. How is that a good thing? It’s against the law (look at the specifics of how Idaho stops are supposed to work) and it’s really dangerous. I drive and can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to slam on the breaks to avoid some idiot on a bike flying through an intersection where they absolutely did not have the right of way. [/quote]

Cyclists don’t want to obey stop signs because it’s too physically taxing to constantly stop and start like a car and it will slow them way down.

But if they’re going to be killed in a place like Washington DC, it’s probably going to be at an intersection by a driver who never saw them coming.[/quote]

Its also the reality that signals and signs are to control cars. If there were no cars on the road, bikes and pedestrians would not have to stop. They move at a human scale, and existed just fine without controls prior to cars being everywhere.

Without controls, cars crash into each other, busses, trains, cyclists, pedestrians and even buildings. We "punish" other forms of transportation because of how out of control cars get. [/quote]

I think what you’re really trying to say is that cyclists should not be subject to any laws and requirements whatsoever. Rules are for other people right?[/quote]

DP. Stop lights and stop signs exist because of cars. There were no stop lights or stop signs before cars. They weren't needed.

Last week in Laurel, a man asleep in his bedroom was killed by a driver. You can't do that on a bike. You can only do that in a car.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/laurel-man-heartbroken-after-sudden-death-of-father-in-laurel-apartment-crash/3412539/

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