Why it makes no sense for car drivers to lecture cyclists about “the law”

and the importance of obeying it.Is it really necessary to point out the obvious — that people pick and choose the laws they wish to obey, and come up with all sorts of reasons why it’s ok that they break that particular law — but other laws, those are important.

I’m not arguing that traffic laws should be obeyed to the letter, or breaking them is unsafe — rather, I would like to point out that we already break traffic laws when we think it is safe — and bicycles, who are different from cars (slower, nimbler, better able to see and hear) might be able to do some things safely that cars cannot.

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But perhaps stop signs are different. Or maybe they aren’t.