This is all perfect in sterile operation. We should all follow the rules 100% of the time. What I’m saying is if most people use situational smarts we usually wont have a problem. Granted I guess the whole situational awareness can be different for each person and thus issues will arise.
But you can’t go to the same intersection and see cars roll it when around no one else then tell cyclists to come to a complete stop.
So I’m more in line of simply riding as smart as possible. I’m not going to suggest to blantantly roll a stop sign when an intersection is filled with traffic. But if you roll up to an empty intersection at 6mph and roll through it, I don’t really see the outrage.
Same way we drive 7 mph over the speed limit but if we see someone driving 25 mph over we usually think they are in the wrong.
So I think awareness matters a ton in the “real world”. But should we all follow the “laws” 100% of time? The easy answer is to say yes. I just also see/know how the real world works.
So if we have to be held to a higher standard don’t give me shit if your a driver not holding the same standard.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
But you can’t go to the same intersection and see cars roll it when around no one else then tell cyclists to come to a complete stop.
So I’m more in line of simply riding as smart as possible. I’m not going to suggest to blantantly roll a stop sign when an intersection is filled with traffic. But if you roll up to an empty intersection at 6mph and roll through it, I don’t really see the outrage.
Same way we drive 7 mph over the speed limit but if we see someone driving 25 mph over we usually think they are in the wrong.
So I think awareness matters a ton in the “real world”. But should we all follow the “laws” 100% of time? The easy answer is to say yes. I just also see/know how the real world works.
So if we have to be held to a higher standard don’t give me shit if your a driver not holding the same standard.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II