Cycling in Waterloo Region

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Cyclists are generally not law-abiding, just as motorists are not generally law-abiding. I've rarely heard the claim that the latter, when ticketed for practices that are illegal but common practice (rolling stops, failure to yield right-of-way, speeding, distracted driving, so on and on), are suffering harassment.

Surely you have heard of the phrase "driving while black". Selective enforcement of the letter of the law can certainly be harassment.

In the case of cycling, it varies widely between jurisdictions. Some, like Guelph, have been known to do "crackdowns" on cycling infractions at a scale that is rarely, if ever, applied to common (and dangerous) driving infractions.