Toronto Cyclists Speak Out

<p>How about cars don&#39;t muscle pedestrians out of the way on red-on-rights, stop at cross walks and yellow flash crossings, as well as stop muscling cyclists off the roads when they do obey traffic laws?</p>

<p>I second that drivers obey traffic signals and STOP at crosswalks when the lights are flashing and i am in the middle of crossing the road...and stop attacking (verbally) cyclists. cars kill, not bikes. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Actually, I&#39;d like to see cyclists/drivers both adopt the suggestions in posts one and two.</p><p>I live on a street with bike lanes and witness first hand the downright dangerous interplay of drivers and cyclists daily, and I must concede that often cyclists put themselves in the line of fire by not taking obvious precautions.&nbsp; As I have said here before, its about self-preservation.&nbsp; Passing a car on the right who has indicated they are turning in that direction is madness - nearly saw some cyclist with earbuds in last evening get creamed at an intersection for this very manoever, and nearly caused a car collision when the driver was forced to swerve dangerously out of the way.&nbsp; Likewise, I see cyclists flying by cabs which have pulled to the side to release their passengers - those riding in the rear of a cab do not have the benefit of mirrors to anticipate your arrival, its&nbsp;suicide not to slow and yeild to the car in front of you at this point.</p><p>For balance, drivers need to accept bikes as part of the road traffic and yield to them as appropriate - too often I see a cyclist with no option as their lane is cut off by an aggressive manouever by a driver.&nbsp; Cyclists could do much to win this respect by being law abiding users of the road, which, in my experience, is the smallest minority.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>