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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]funny how bikers skeptical of the overwhelming evidence in favor of wearing helmets are quick to embrace new rules on drivers that have little connection to safety. banning drivers from turning right on red at any intersection anywhere in the district, after they've already stopped? talk about a solution in search of a problem. [/quote]

Drivers were allowed to make right on red legally in response to the 1970's energy crisis. We are just returning to the mean because we have learned that the sfety benefits outweigh the miniscule gas savings.[/quote]

the safety benefits will be even smaller than the miniscule gas savings. these kind of silly, press release laws just teach the public that laws in dc don't matter. [b]no one is going to follow this, and there will be no consequences for that.[/b] [/quote]

Oh sure, we can agree that drivers in DC don't follow the laws of the road and also drivers don't face consequences when they disobey the law.

Something I'd like to see changed.

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bicyclists make drivers look like pikers when it comes to ignoring traffic laws. i hate driving near them because you never know what they're going to do. [/quote]

A bicyclist ignoring the law poses the greatest threat to themself. A driver ignoring the law poses the greatest threat to others. [/quote]

pp here. im not worried about a bicyclist hurting me or my car. i'm worried about hitting a cyclist because they do such dumb things. they're so unpredictable. you just never know what they're going to do. [/quote]

I promise you that most bicyclists are also more worried about you hitting us with your car than we are about hurting your car. Although in my experience riding a bike or driving a car in traffic in D.C., I don't know that I'd say the cyclists are the only unpredictable people.[/quote]

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