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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I drive a car and don’t get the vitriol for cyclists as there seems to be an incredible double standard.

Some cyclists break the law but far more drivers break the law, yes? If you are a driver and accelerate through red lights, go over the speed limit, don’t stop at stop signs, hold your phone while driving, don’t stay in your lane when on roundabouts or turning the corner, don’t indicate when changing lanes, you’re also breaking the law, yes?

Do you think more drivers do this than cyclists? I certainly do. So why so resentful of cyclists especially when there are d as I few of them? [/quote]

There’s a half million cars in DC. If they blew stop signs at the rate cyclists blow stop signs, there would be thousands of car accidents every single day. [/quote]

Since the pandemic, I've been working from home at least two days a week (and five days a week for the first couple of years). I would estimate that at the four-way stop sign next to my house in upper NW, at a quiet intersection without much traffic, maybe 50 to 60 percent of the cars come to a complete stop before proceeding through. It's a higher rate when multiple cars approach at the same time, but it's not 100 percent. (I actually think it's more like 20 or 30 percent who stop, but then I decided double it just to be conservative for the sake of this discussion.)

That also counts as "blowing stop signs," so I hope you're calculating that in your rate? Cars that exceed the speed limit are also breaking traffic laws; obviously, that's a very, very small percentage of all car trips, but even still, we've got to count them, too, if you're comparing bikes and cars.[/quote]

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