Comments on: 06/13/2012 – Situational Ethics

By: Tom Joad

Tom Joad — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:12:07 +0000

Is that the Chevy Tahoe I saw drawn each time?

By: KrateKraig

KrateKraig — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:51:25 +0000

Cyclist’s don’t obey the laws? Go to a 4 way stop sign intersection and watch how many cars actually come to a full stop. The next time you’re in your car, drive at the posted speed limit and tell me how many cars pass you. Hint, if car drivers are so law abiding as they claim to be, the answer should be zero. While you’re at it check the percentage of drivers the actually use their turn signals correctly.

By: jmlsteele

jmlsteele — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:27:22 +0000

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one. In my mind there is something inherently different between a stoplight and a stopsign. I will stop at any and every red light (the exception being left turn lights that won’t trigger for bicycles.. Those I will run, but only when safe to do so), but treat stop signs that have good visibility as yeild signs. Especially all way stops. Unless there’s a car already waiting I generally tend to blow through. And when there IS a car waiting, they almost seem surprised that I’ve stopped, to the point where I have to actually put my foot on the ground to indicate to them they can really go.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:23:50 +0000

I once read a studi from Berlin that showed an asounishing fact: The only reason why car drivers obey red traffic lights more tahn cyclist is: They lack the opportunity to disobey. Red light times for cars are in general far shorter than for bikes and if there is a red light, most cars have another car in front of them.
Just countig cars in first row at red lights against bike riders gives an equal score.

By: Opus the Poet

Opus the Poet — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:32:26 +0000

Yeah, I swtiched to the “alternate” signals in the TX law after 3 people waved at me when I made a right turn.

By: Widsith

Widsith — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:10:44 +0000

No, I haven’t used that signal–on a bike or anywhere else–since sometime in the ’60s.

By: Widsith

Widsith — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:06:51 +0000

I think it’s legal everywhere. If the light doesn’t change when it should, then it’s non-functional, and non-functional lights are supposed to be treated like stop signs. I do the same thing you do, but fortunately I only know of three (widely separated) lights in my area that don’t respond to my bicycle.

By: rich

rich — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:47:22 +0000

Many of the traffic lights around here are on-demand lights that don’t respond to a bicycle. They’re a real pain. During rush hour, I’ll wait a short time for a car to arrive and trip the light. At other times, I’ll treat it like a stop sign. Apparently this is legal in Kansas, but I may have some explaining to do here in PA.

By: Pops

Pops — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:56:05 +0000

As Judge Dredd said: ” I am the law”

By: Pops

Pops — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:51:17 +0000

Are you using the middle finger hand singnal??? Everyone knows that one!!!