[The Truth Will Make You Free]

And by the way, bikers will be rquired to follow the vehicle code the same as all other drivers.

That’s fine as long as vehicle drivers give bikes the same respect as cars.

No way in our USA city will I bike on a main road with traffic when there’s an adjoining sidewalk. And yes, I regularity go through stop signs and even red lights when there’s no traffic. I have one safety rule for cars: Trust no one until you know they see you.

Bike-friendly Vilnius Lithuania has separate lanes and traffic lights for bikes.

[FamiliarFace]

*** And yes, I regularity go through stop signs and even red lights when there’s no traffic.***

Just make sure there’s really no traffic. I once saw a bicyclist riding on the sidewalk, left side of the road, too, (illegal), run a red light, and ran into a car that had already approached the intersection.

Fortunately the driver of the car wasn’t going fast because the light had just changed, so the cyclist wasn’t hurt beyond scrapes, but his bike was messed up. Cyclist was cited by the police.

[Sans-Culotte]

That’s fine as long as vehicle drivers give bikes the same respect as cars. No way in our USA city will I bike on a main road with traffic when there’s an adjoining sidewalk. And yes, I regularity go through stop signs and even red lights when there’s no traffic. I have one safety rule for cars: Trust no one until you know they see you.

Interesting that you expect cars which are obliged to stop at red lights and stop signs to give respect to bikes while you breeze right through the stop on your bike. This is annoying if I manage to safely pass a bike and come to a stop sign. I stop, and the bike goes on through and I am stuck behind it again. Your approach sounds very much like "rules for thee but not for me" all the while complaining that cars don't show you respect.

[al baby]

Well, you are just an a hole then