Comments on: Red light running: Pot meets kettle http://treadly.net/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael http://treadly.net/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Michael Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:57:06 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/#comment-839 <p>I Am Just Curious To Find Out I Am A Cyclist i ride to and from work like you guys it disgust me how other drivers dont obied by the laws so my question is can bikes get flashed for running a red light? i ask because sometimes i get so close and it goes amber and im not sure if it ll get me for it. please write back to me thanks.</p> I Am Just Curious To Find Out I Am A Cyclist i ride to and from work like you guys it disgust me how other drivers dont obied by the laws so my question is can bikes get flashed for running a red light? i ask because sometimes i get so close and it goes amber and im not sure if it ll get me for it. please write back to me thanks.

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Treadly and Me Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:46:22 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/#comment-838 <p>One of my bugbears is the way that some motorist feel they can run the red at user-activated traffic lights. These are rarely (if ever) covered by red light cameras but the cross traffic is the most vulnerable road user (the pedestrian). I can think of several such crossings where cars routinely roll through the red, despite the awful potential consequences.</p> <p>Should you <em>really</em> have to look left and right before crossing at the lights?</p> One of my bugbears is the way that some motorist feel they can run the red at user-activated traffic lights. These are rarely (if ever) covered by red light cameras but the cross traffic is the most vulnerable road user (the pedestrian). I can think of several such crossings where cars routinely roll through the red, despite the awful potential consequences.

Should you really have to look left and right before crossing at the lights?

]]> By: jimmay http://treadly.net/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/comment-page-1/#comment-837 jimmay Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:17:25 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/#comment-837 <p>Has anyone else noticed that drivers are more likely to run a red light if they see that it's "only" a bike with the green light?</p> Has anyone else noticed that drivers are more likely to run a red light if they see that it’s “only” a bike with the green light?

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Treadly and Me Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:03:41 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/#comment-836 <p>Thanks Fritz. I like Paul's blog, but don't get around to it as often as I'd like, so I hadn't caught up with that one yet.</p> Thanks Fritz. I like Paul’s blog, but don’t get around to it as often as I’d like, so I hadn’t caught up with that one yet.

]]> By: Fritz http://treadly.net/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Fritz Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:18:57 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/2007/07/01/red-light-running-pot-meets-kettle/#comment-835 <p>Regarding the higher standard of conduct that you note, Paul Dorn has <a href="http://bikecommutetips.blogspot.com/2007/06/vehicular-crime-and-perceptions.html" rel="nofollow">this excellent writeup</a> on "Vehicular crime and perceptions.</p> Regarding the higher standard of conduct that you note, Paul Dorn has this excellent writeup on “Vehicular crime and perceptions.

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