Cycling in Waterloo Region

[clasher]

I think a lot of people didn't bother to read the actual wikipedia link on the Idaho stop, no one is saying that cyclists will be legally allowed to blow through red lights, to quote "cyclists must stop on red lights and yield before proceeding straight through the intersection, and before turning left at an intersection". So at red lights riders will stop and proceed when it's clear.

To hear drivers rag on cyclists for running stop signs and red lights is pretty ripe considering how people in this area treat yellow lights as a signal to floor it and many people will enter intersections when the lights are red and make their turns even if there are cars waiting to turn left. The pot calling the kettle black doesn't seem apt enough; how many collisions are the result of red-light runners? Many more than can ever be pinned on scofflaw cyclists I reckon.

I've never been keen on passing on the right side of cars, either in traffic or even using the bike boxes that are starting to show up around town... many drivers turning right tend to crowd the curb and I don't see any point in putting myself at risk... I've always moved into the middle of the lane or even the far left if the driver behind me is signalling right.