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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading the comments by cyclists in this thread makes me hate cyclists more than I ever thought possible. The entitled smugness is just boundless. I used to be sort of indifferent to them, but now that I think about all the times I've seen them blow through redlights or stop signs, then post here how it's no big thing and deflect the issue saying drivers run redlights too.... you know what? I've never seen a car drive along the shoulder past other traffic waiting for a light, and then drive through the light forcing other cars to avoid them. But I see cyclists do it all the time. Then I read some of them on this thread, it infuriates me. I hate them. HATE them![/quote]

I am confused - is your problem behavior at stop signs, or is it filtering to the right?

Filtering to the right is legal and in  many places makes traffic work better.  In particular I can use it to get to a bike lane, or a right turn, and get out of the way of motor vehicles.   I don't filter in places where I am going to have to stay in the general lanes, and will only need to be passed again.

Treating stop signs as yield signs is not legal in the US outside Idaho and Colorado - but it is much like cars going a couple of MPH over the limit  - its not really a big deal. Thats not smugness, its reality.  The fact is that all types of transportation system users - drivers, cyclists, and walkers, violate the law.  In ways that are specific to their mode.   Maybe we should discourage that, but its not a reason to hate them as a class.

I also note again, one difference is that most cyclists have driven cars (or even do so regularly) and all walk.  While most drivers and pedestrians have never ridden in traffic, and don't actually understand what we do.  [/quote]

Are you on the spectrum?[/quote]

Yes. [/quote]

Thank you, I understand now. You may not understand why your logic isn't swaying people then.[/quote]

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