Comment 104592

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted September 18, 2014 at 16:31:31 in reply to Comment 104590

1) Helmets are not legally required. They are encouraged, but not required. So all the justification one needs is "I didn't feel like it and that's my decision".

2) I freely admit I coast through all-way stops when there are no cars waiting. Everyone does it on the car too, we just don't notice because it looks like you're stopping when you go from 45 to 15 instead of 20 to 15.

3) While a bike is theoretically capable of killing a pedestrian, somehow it doesn't happen, like, ever. Whereas automobiles are one of the leading causes of death. So while hypothetically it's possible, I don't really blame the police for not spending much time solving the non-problem of cyclists killing pedestrians.

4) My car came will all the lighting it needs attached to it. Meanwhile, my bike came with none of the lighting it needs. I've never even seen red reflective tape (legally required) sold in any store ever. The province has completely failed to manage their so-called "requirements" and so as much as I encourage every cyclist to get lighting for their bikes because it is a critical life-saving protection for themselves, I don't blame cyclists in aggregate because the failure occurs far above them.

We do not ask drivers to take their car directly from the lot to the mechanic for after-market parts, we legislate the auto industry to sell safe cars. Bikes should be no different.

Obviously everything you mention are things that cyclists should do.

But folks should do lots of things. And most of the time, they don't. And some of the time, it's just not that freaking big of a deal.

Comment edited by Pxtl on 2014-09-18 16:32:11

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