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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Cyclists are a law onto themselves.[/b]

I've seen cars stopped at a red light waiting their turn for the light to turn green so they can cross the intersection and cyclists just cutting through the cars and stopping right in front of the first car in line. Then when the light changes to green the cyclists slows down the cars in crossing the intersection. Shouldn't the cyclists have to get in line just like the cars waiting for the green light?[/quote]

Exactly. One set of laws applies to drivers. Another set of laws applies to bicyclists. Yet another set of laws applies to pedestrians. That's literally the law.

Now, does the law require bicyclists to take the lane at intersections where there is a red light? No, the law does not. The law [u]allows[/u] - but does not [u]require[/u] - bicyclists to take the lane.

As a driver, would you want the law to require bicyclists to take the lane at all times? I doubt it, given all of the complaints from drivers who get "stuck" behind bicyclists going more slowly than the drivers want to go. Anecdotally, as a bicyclist, I usually take the lane at intersections with stop signs or traffic signals, because I don't want to get right-hooked, and I can't count the number of times drivers behind me have honked at me and yelled at me to get the f*** out of their way. And I'm a woman on a $100 all-purpose bike, in yoga mom clothes, riding with an ugly kid's backpack.[/quote]

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