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.

  • Sirius006@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days 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.