# Hey cyclists, d'ya wanna stop running red lights please? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770 "2007-06-05T00:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770/101 "2007-06-07T01:43:05Z")
[QUOTE=cowgirl] We’ve got those here, but we’ve got lots of other people on other kinds of bikes, too. Do non-crazy people not bike in the Bay Area? or do they just use those bikes? I just know an awful lot of civil servants and yuppies and sundry regular folks who bike, I can’t imagine a city without such folks. [/QUOTE] I think some start out normal and then get sucked in to the abyss of crazy. You can just be a bike rider here. Everything you do is some sort of grand statement. I didn’t grow up here, and have only lived here a short time, so I’m still getting used to it. But co-workers chastised me for suggesting that bikes should have to stop at lights/signs. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770/102 "2007-06-07T01:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=Fiveyearlurker] Maybe it’s geographic, but you can call BS to your heart’s content, and I would welcome others from the Bay Area to confirm this. But, bicyclists here are their own strange political action group. At a major intersection, a bicyclist \*might \* stop at a red light only because cars are currently in that intersection, but I have NEVER seen one not run through that light the second traffic stops coming through. I can’t even conceive a bike around here stopping at a stop sign. But like I said, having a bike that is even equipped with brakes is considered a sign of weakness around here. [/QUOTE] He is exaggerating a bit, but only a bit. In the Bay area, many don’t stop, unless traffic forces them to. They also often ride in the right lane, blocking cars. Many also don’t have brakes or reflectors. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770/103 "2007-06-07T01:51:17Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] He is exaggerating a bit, but only a bit. [/QUOTE] Ok, maybe it’s just a trench of crazy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770/104 "2007-06-07T02:05:29Z")
[QUOTE=Fiveyearlurker] Ok, maybe it’s just a trench of crazy. [/QUOTE] Granola state- Nuts, fruits and flakes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770/105 "2007-06-08T13:40:34Z")
thought [this photo](http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2007/05/as_seen_in_lond.html) fit nicely into this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770/106 "2007-06-08T19:29:22Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > People reealllly have to stretch to come up with a reason that cyclists running red lights affects them in a significant way… Last year, as a pedestrian, I waited to cross a street until I got the “walk” signal. Just as I stepped off the curb, a bicyclist nearly plowed into me as he blew the light to make a right turn. I still have fantasies of pushing him over as he flew by inches in front of my face. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cyclists-dya-wanna-stop-running-red-lights-please/406770.md?page=5)