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 higher where there is no cycle-specific infrastructure.

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 higher where there is no cycle-specific infrastructure.

  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    33·
    12 hours ago

    I live in a city which almost completely covered with cycling infrastructure.

    When weather is good I bike to work. I see cyclers running on red light almost every time. Few times saw them driving against the flow. Some weirdos would ride on the road when a perfectly safe bike line is on the sidewalk.

    To be fair, I also see many cars running red light right after traffic light switched to it.

    • athatet@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      11 hours ago

      To be fair, I also see many cars…

      Yes, exactly the point of the article.

    • Sirius006@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      I’m not saying cyclists do not break the law, they do, like everybody. The points are :

      • they are not worst than other users, and are in fact better (see the other studies on that subject, including the one cited above),
      • when they do they are not putting the others in excessive danger like motorized vehicles,
      • the rules where created without them in mind, so it would actually make sense that they break the law more often to stay safe. Still, they don’t.

      Unfortunately all the studies I’ve heard about on this matter are from northern Europe, but I doubt it’s different elsewhere.