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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bicyclists hate having to stop at the end of each block for a stop sign because they think it's too physically tiring to constantly have to stop and start again. That's why they're doing this.

The safety argument (which makes zero sense) is just a fig leaf. [/quote]

Well to be fair, when a cyclist take the lane as they are legally allowed to do, the cars stacked up behind them don't want to stop for the cyclist at each stop sign either.[/quote]

[b]Yeah, next time you're driving behind a bicycle, see how happy you are if the cyclist stops at every stop sign[/b].[/quote]

Pretty sure this has never happened so I guess we'll never know how a driver would respond[/quote]

I have personally done it and I will never do it again. Between the people screaming at me and the cars gunning their engines to illegally pass me, never again.[/quote]

This is super weird argument. So you're saying you shouldnt have to obey a traffic law because a driver "might" scowl at you if you do? I drive and I wish bicyclists would stop at every stop sign. It seems not great for the city life in general for one class of travelers to think they're just completely exempt from traffic laws. [/quote]

I am saying I obeyed traffic laws and drivers yelled at me (not just scowl, but bodily threats) and crossed double yellow lines to pass me, only to blow through subsequent stop signs themselves. You are making light of what was a harrowing situation because I, as a cyclist, was following the laws on the books rather than what makes sense on the road.[/quote]

If I were to make a list of the top 1000 reasons why the public hates cyclists, "cyclists obeying stop signs" would not make the list. [/quote]

I just found your list and, you know what? You’re right! It didn’t make the list! I don’t have the time to copy all of the 1,000 reasons to show everyone, but let me do the top ten just so the readers can have a better sense of why you (and maybe a few people like you) “hate cyclists”:

1. Base intolerance of people who are not like you;
2. Uncontrollable frustration at being dependent on a mode of transport that is more expensive, less healthy, slower, and more boring than available alternatives;
3. Jealousy at those who had avoided the same poor choices.
4. Psychological need to blame others for chronic time mismanagement and a tendency to make hyper-optimistic assignments about traffic densities and commute times;
5. Subconscious guilt for not avoiding choices that contribute to slowly rendering large parts of the planet unfit for human civilization;
6. Shame in not knowing how to ride a bike;
7. Narcissistic belief that you must have the road to yourself, unencumbered by lesser mortals bound by silly considerations like speed limits and traffic laws;
8. Tendency to develop and disseminate invidious stereotypes about groups of the population that you are not a part of;
9. Bigotry
10. Miscellaneous untreated psychological issues.[/quote]

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