Cyclists don’t break traffic laws any more than drivers, says new stuy
Cyclists don’t break traffic laws any more than drivers, says new stuy
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Cyclists don’t break traffic laws any more than drivers, says new study | Cycling Today
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I call bullshit. None of the cyclists I see have ever even heard of a stop sign.
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I get close passed way more often than running a stop sign. I have the feeling that close passing is kind of accepted while running a stop sign is not.
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I believe it. Cyclists here are not required to stop for stop signs. Also, most cars just slow down when the intersection is empty.
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Yes cyclist often break the law, but you seriously underestimate how often cars refuse priority to pedestrians, park illegally, overtake cyclist too near, or over speed...
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In Seattle, whenever there's a bike at a red LIGHT they usually just straight up run it if they can.
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Humans are humans.
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I don't car how well that stuy is done, it's still just a stuy.
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EDIT: look at the comment answer to this one for a link to the study!
So, just out of interest, because the article here is rather short and lacking in sources, I wanted to see some details of the study. I found another article, quoting a few additional things, as well as linking to the study PDF. Well, the PDF link is broken - and trying to search for it yields no useful results. I tried by topic, I tried by number derived from the link (BDV25-977-13). I tried on the Florida Department of Transportation site, as well as the University of South Florida site. Either I am stupid in my approach, or for some weird reason, the study has been retracted from public publishing? I don't want to put on too much of a tinfoil hat here, but with Florida's administration being what it is, I would not be too surprised if that tinfoil hat is actually appropriate here, and it was retracted for not fitting the narrative.
As an anecdotal point: I'd actually expect there to be a slightly higher "recklessnes" score for cyclist - but only because cycling does not require a license, and cyclists can be kids and teenagers, with sometimes a lacking understanding of traffic rules. (I know I regularly and unwittingly broke some traffic laws here in Germany as a student cycling to school, which I only realised later in life).
Here you go!
Thank you very much! What was the trick to finding it? Always interested in new techniques there. Also, glad tinfoil hats were not needed.