A new research found that motorists and dangerous street design — not cyclist behavior — are the primary factors that put cyclists at risk. According to the study done by University of South Florida, cyclists were in compliance with traffic laws 88 percent of the time during the day and 87 percent of the time […]
If the infrastructure/driving conditions are bad enough you run almost the same danger when driving lawfully. Eventually you learn to trust your senses more than traffic laws. Sometimes it’s actually safer to break some laws as a pedestrian/cyclist. Maybe people who ride a lot get used to it eventually and don’t see running a red light (when no cars are passing) as more dangerous than going on green.
If the infrastructure/driving conditions are bad enough you run almost the same danger when driving lawfully. Eventually you learn to trust your senses more than traffic laws. Sometimes it’s actually safer to break some laws as a pedestrian/cyclist. Maybe people who ride a lot get used to it eventually and don’t see running a red light (when no cars are passing) as more dangerous than going on green.