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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So bicyclists can blow through stop signs but they aren't required to wear helmets? It seems like the city's policy is really just "bicyclists don't have to follow any rules." [/quote]

They have to follow the rules- the rules are that they yield at stop signs and don’t have to wear helmets. You don’t seem to LIKE the rules but that doesn’t mean they aren’t following them.

When I drive I prefer cyclists doing the Idaho Stop- I generally prefer that they clear the intersection as fast as possible.  If I am coming up to an intersection a second or two after a cyclist it is to my benefit that they go right through- I will stop and be able to proceed knowing I won’t hit them. There is more room for error in an intersection with a bike- if two cars go at the same time they can stop more easily.[b] A cyclist making a sudden stop is more likely to wipe out or fall.[/b]

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If it's that hard to stop, maybe the cyclist is just going too fast. [/quote]

Ding ding ding! Too many biker bros racing through the intersection already. Slow down and yield to pedestrians especially when cutting down a crowded sidewalk![/quote]

This has nothing to do with sidewalks or biker bros. You lost this one pal[/quote]

Allowing biker bros to ignore stop signs will just make them even more reckless...

The other day I saw a biker bro almost crash into a mom with a stroller crossing the intersection. He even had the gall to yell at her for daring to use the crosswalk in front of him  :roll: [/quote]

Using hip and cool terms like biker bro do nothing to help your whining[/quote]

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