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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by 0xB31B1B on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:57PM (#25411290)
A cyclist can cause harm to themself and rarely one other person while running a red light, a car driver can cause mass casualties while running a red light. Difference of scale.
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by leetcrew on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:07PM (#25413094)
you can cause a large amount of harm at any time by doing something unexpected on a public road. doesn't matter whether you are a driver, cyclist, or pedestrian.
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by varjag on Sunday December 13, 2020 @06:04PM (#25411353)
The traffic rules are there to avoid all sorts of incidents, you can't excuse yourself out with "scale". If you kill yourself running red, it is still a fatal road accident at the end of the day.
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