# Sick and tired of bicyclists ignoring traffic law **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-and-tired-of-bicyclists-ignoring-traffic-law/663413 "2013-07-13T18:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 111
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-and-tired-of-bicyclists-ignoring-traffic-law/663413/111 "2013-07-16T16:45:03Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Each individual should operate his or her vehicle of choice in a manner which protects himself and other drivers from accident and injury. Blowing through an unobstructed intersection against a red light is a far lesser danger than drifting into other lanes while hurtling down the road at 65 MPH in a two ton vehicle while perusing your BFF’s pics of his Cancun vacay. But how can you be sure that a distracted driver won’t at some point hit you if you make a general practice of running reds? It really doesn’t make any sense at all to use other vehicle operators’ negligence as an excuse for your own. By the way, **Troppus** , your posts in this thread are making you come off as an _incredible_ buttwipe. Like, are you really even a bicyclist, or are you just trying to make them all look like self-righteous morons? Because if you are, it’s kind of working. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-and-tired-of-bicyclists-ignoring-traffic-law/663413)._