Comment 112443

By moylek (registered) - website | Posted June 24, 2015 at 08:41:58 in reply to Comment 112441

Most drivers routinely break the law. Most cyclists routinely break the law. Most pedestrians routinely break the law. It is blatant red herring and an unhelpful distraction to bring up the question of whether cyclists are law-abiding enough to deserve infrastructure.

I'm not saying that it's a matter of desert. And I believe that the "but cyclists don't follow the rules!" cries are largely disingenuous or are just a way of focusing an inchoate ire.

But, really, cyclists blowing four-ways and riding on and off the sidewalks are visible, common annoyances which are in a different class than speeding and or walking across a cross walk against the red. To declare to members of the class of cranky, annoyed drivers that cyclists are just as law-abiding as drivers is to risk your credibility.

I insist again: I see fellow cyclists riding in ignorance or contempt for the rules of the road and decency more often on my short commute than I see motorists flouting the law.

But I insist, too, that the primary fix is more "normal" cyclists (vs. undergraduates who cycle like nine-year olds, suburban road racers, and anti-social ne're-do-wells) in order to shift the aggregate behaviour. And to have more everyday cyclists, we need

-- Kenneth Moyle Hamilton, Ontario

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