Bicyclists who blow through stop signs (bike, running, results, why)

[bs13690]

Most bicyclists probably follow the rules of the road but for those that don't here is an article highlighting why you should.

Bicyclist hits car, dies - CharlotteObserver.com

[ICN2U]

bummer......

[iTsLiKeAnEgG]

I see these ass hats all the time in San Francisco and would hit them with my car if I could get away with it. Being a motorist in a large city breeds within you a deep hatred for bicyclists.

[PanTerra]

Originally Posted by iTsLiKeAnEgG

I see these ass hats all the time in San Francisco and would hit them with my car if I could get away with it. Being a motorist in a large city breeds within you a deep hatred for bicyclists.

So you would kill them if you could get away with it? You need to work on your anger issues.

[thegirlinaz]

Don't even get me started on bicyclists... they think they own the road as a 'vehicle', yet disobey common driving laws (like running stop signs!).

[Asheville Native]

I have seen bicyclists cuss vehicles that had the right away that didn't yield to the idiot on a bike that intended to run the stop sign. This intersection is just below the house and it is not an isolated incident.

When I stop at a red light or stop sign, I pull close to the curb so that the idiot can't pass on the right and blow the intersection then getting his azz in funny shorts in front of me again.

But has anyone ever heard of police ticketing bike riders for clearly ignoring traffic laws? I haven't.

[PanTerra]

Originally Posted by Asheville Native

I have seen bicyclists cuss vehicles that had the right away that didn't yield to the idiot on a bike that intended to run the stop sign. This intersection is just below the house and it is not an isolated incident.

When I stop at a red light or stop sign, I pull close to the curb so that the idiot can't pass on the right and blow the intersection then getting his azz in funny shorts in front of me again.

But has anyone ever heard of police ticketing bike riders for clearly ignoring traffic laws? I haven't.

Oh yeah, quite a bit. They will even chase you down.

[ArcticPhoenix]

It's okay, someday the rules of the road will affect everyone riding/driving on the road.

Also, saying you would hit a bicyclist is NOT the same as saying you want to kill them. It's still a dick thing to say, but it doesn't mean they want to kill them.

Also I don't try to enforce traffic laws. That's for traffic cops.

/not defending the statement(s) above...
//just pointing something out.

[PanTerra]

Originally Posted by ArcticPhoenix

It's okay, someday the rules of the road will affect everyone riding/driving on the road.

Also, saying you would hit a bicyclist is NOT the same as saying you want to kill them. It's still a dick thing to say, but it doesn't mean they want to kill them.

Or just want to maim them? Let me point something out, too. It may not be using the same words or that is not what that poster had in mind, but he needs to know that hitting a cyclist results a lot in actually killing the cyclist. Check out the Ride of Silence website. What was he wanting to do, come up behind a cyclist and gently tap his rear wheel with his bumper, to teach the cyclist a lesson? That has happend here a few times, with cars tapping the rear wheels of a cyclists and rear wheels of motorcyclists. The results were the same, all of them are now dead. Or was he merely wanting to T-bone a cyclist? Yeah that'll show him. I don't believe that would end any more favorably for the cyclist either. Whatever was meant by it, it is a sick fantasy that would result in killing someone if actually acted upon. As he said, the only thing that is preventing him from doing it, is his fear that he wouldn't get away with it. That's speaks volumes about a person. Cyclists have to worry about traffic that doesn't see them. The last thing they want to have to worry about are the idiot drivers that "target" them, as well.

[broadbill]

Although I don't condone cyclists disobeying traffic rules, I'm disgusted to hear all of the motorists in this thread who intentionally go out of their way to harass cyclists. The reasons why you go out of your way to harass them is equally shocking: to prevent them from possibly breaking a traffic law, that they are wearing funny shorts, that they think they own the road...etc., etc.

Are you guys listening to yourselves?