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Re:NYC Drivers Who Run Red Lights Get Tickets. E-Bike Riders... by matsemann on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @11:03AM (#44170858)
Did you skip the part where I said I'll be ahead of you even though I don't "blow through" a red light? Yes, you might be faster at a short stretch of road. But through the city a bike will almost always win. So just relax, no need to push past me when there is no room, or honk because I'm in the "vehicular lane".

I'd also like the lights to apply to everyone: by removing them. Lets all yield to pedestrians, and then bike through intersections otherwise without waiting. Then cars can sort their own mess out. The lights are for them, an implicit prioritization of cars over humans. I'd like to remove that.

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Re:NYC Drivers Who Run Red Lights Get Tickets. E-Bike Riders... by RhysU on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:11PM (#44175345)
Yes, I did see the part where you awarded yourself special, frequently illegal privileges then applauded yourself for making it through the city faster than everyone else who follows the law. We all see the behavior. We all read the condescension. It's why bicyclists are disliked by non-bicyclists.

Bicycles are pretty shit as transport, special snowflake lanes that you took from everyone else aside, if one follows the law. That's why none of you do. In June, I challenge you to follow the law to the T. No blowing lights. No Idaho stops where illegal. No rolling stops. No filtering. No sidewalks. No illegal parking. Tell me how awesome bikes are after you obey the social compact for 1 month.

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Re:NYC Drivers Who Run Red Lights Get Tickets. E-Bike Riders... by matsemann on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:18AM (#44177442)
You're being obnoxious and breaking the site rules. I spelled out that I'm never cycling on red, still you apply your biases and claim that I do. Behave better.

Filtering is btw perfectly legal where I live. I get that drivers become jealous because driving around with 2 sofas and taking up so much space makes one stuck behind others also taking up an insane amount of space. No reason we should wait in their own-made traffic.

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