07-07-2015, 12:31 PM
(07-07-2015, 11:56 AM)Canard Wrote: In my 20 years and nearly 1 million kilometres of driving, I've seen exactly two cars blow through stoplights. Quite shocking thing to see, really - and I'm very happy it happens so infrequently.
About 25% of cyclists I see daily blow through stop signs or stop lights.
There's a 4-way stop right around the corner from where I live, and at least once a week, while approaching it and coming to a complete stop... just as I'm about to proceed (rightfully so), some bicyclist sees me stopped there and thinks "Oh, I can just go!" and comes flying through.
Almost nobody stops at a 4-way stop. And if you do, then someone on the other side is going to think you are letting them through and will just roll right on through. Bike or car, it doesn't matter.
Oh, and I remember the one time I saw someone go through a stop light. I was driving south(east)bound on King at Victoria. The driver heading (south)west on Victoria was so late they came through about a foot behind my rear bumper. They didn't hit anything on the way through. It was shocking.