This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is...

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STUDY: Researchers found almost all road users broke the law, but while motorists mostly broke road rules to save time, the most common reason for people on bikes was personal safety. And yet bike-riders get more scorn & scrutiny for it. Via @CarltonReid forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…

Motorists Break Law To Save Time, Cyclists Break Law To Save Lives, Finds Study

Researchers have found that almost all road users break the law, but the reasons for the infractions differ between modes, with cyclists doing it to save their necks.

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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
I was run over by a minivan that rolled right through a stop sign. From my bed in the emergency room, the cop assumed I had run the stop sign, since “all bicyclists are scofflaws.” Luckily, the driver admitted he didn’t stop.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
It is sometimes safer for cyclists to break the traffic laws …..
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Wonder if cyclists in Canada & US stop at red lights (I don’t tend to 😅) - the study in the article (which was conducted in Denmark) found that bikers there do All that considered, I’m still 100% supportive of investing in better biking infrastructure. It’s smart urban design
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9 May 2019
Cyklister er IKKE lovløse banditter. Under 5% overtræder færdselsloven. Færrest bryder loven i kbh+øvrige store byer. Tak til @vejdirektoratet f vigtig fakta i den ofte skingre debat om 🚲adfærd. #pedalkraft #cykelglæde @YaelBassan @SikkerTrafik @cykelmama politiken.dk/indland/art7185…
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
My favorite part about this tweet is that you're providing empirical, data driven evidence of the opposite that many anti-bikers claim. And then they handwave it away anyway because, "Well in my experience". The best part about data is that you don't get to disagree with it :).
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
¿Por qué los ciclistas se saltan los semáforos? youtu.be/Ul3xeBEbzWI

¿Por qué los ciclistas se saltan los semáforos?

En este vídeo hacemos un análisis detallado de las razones que empu...

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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
That's hilarious, it's probably 90% of both cyclists and drivers in London UK
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
It depends on the location (city). I always watch for riders and I have avoided hitting more than a few in bike friendly cities. Both bikes and cars need to pay attention and infrastructure needs to be built to accommodate all.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
All road rules are meant to limit the noise and danger of autos. Movement of bikes and pedestrians are a none issue.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Cyclist also kill and injure far fewer people.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Yes, more infrastructure! But cyclists break the laws constantly wherever I've lived, red or blue state. You're naive.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
I’d hazard a guess if you remove speeding this situation would be reversed. And the only reason cyclists don’t speed as because they can’t.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
This certainly does not apply to New York City.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
traffic laws are fake laws. stop harassing and extorting nonviolent ppl.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
You can easily fine drivers for most of those things using cctv, just needs some effort put to it. If that was done then other things could get dealt with by officers on the streets.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Govt collects a lot of revenue from scofflaw drivers, seems like a perverse incentive to keep streets designed to induce scofflaw driving.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
It's quasi impossible to not break the law, with any transport modus.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Garbage Bicyclists are reckless and a danger to walkers and pull dangerous moves is traffic
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Interesting. And speaking of bike traffic, here is the oldest bike path in the world: historictownsofamerica.com/o…

Historic Towns Of America

America's oldest bike path is Ocean Parkway Bike Path in Brooklyn, NY

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Replying to @BrentToderian @yarrabike @carltonreid
I got a ticket for running a stop sign on a bike in 1987 in Stillwater Oklahoma. It was $10. I refused to pay it and was served by the Stillwater police. don’t like your local laws, vote the assholes who make the law out of office. Bike laws are not universal.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Unfortunately, it's illegal for me to put up a camera and prove you wrong ...
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
No thanks. I prefer if there were no bikes on the road at all.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Having ridden for years in London I have observed that 2 or 3 cars go through on red at every single busy junction every single time. No surprise here.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @LadyScorcher @carltonreid
I’ve found bike riders abroad to be far more observant re rules of the road than in the US. Locally, stop signs, red lights, and cross walks for pedestrians are routinely ignored by bikers. Car drivers behave only marginally better. It comes down to enforcement, or lack thereof.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
This is interesting. Feels intuitively right.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
In my city we have problems with bike riders on sidewalks. One almost hit me today.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
LOL I call BS.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Hahaha I know without even opening this that it isn’t from Vancouver
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Just buy a car and get an off-road bike, problem solved.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Bullshit.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
I mean this is obviously not true. No one fully stops at every stop sign, driver or biker.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
That study is bs. I see cyclists breaking the lights all day long and cycling down the one way street all day. Who cares. Stop the comparisons. Studies can tell you whatever you want to here.
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Replying to @BrentToderian
This contradicts the anecdotal observations of so many people (including me)...so I'd need more evidence before accepting the study's conclusions.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
I would like to see a study of how many car drivers vs cyclists are sanctimonious tossers.
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Replying to @BrentToderian @carltonreid
Probably because there aren’t much traffic laws for bikes😂
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