1. I agree, motorists shouldn't be charged with a traffic violation if they intentionally pass a cyclist very closely after seeing a cyclist violate a traffic law. Perhaps we can get this vigilante attitude instilled in all human activities. If only a few pedestrians carried baseball bats, for example, it wouldn't take long for motorists to learn respect for crosswalks (intentionally absurd).
2. I'm not sure what the traffic signals are like around Milwaukee but it could be they are teaching cyclists to run red lights. When I bike out from my parents home at 6 AM I encounter light after light that isn't going to change any time soon. They are all on trips that are insensitive to bicycles and I'm riding low volume side streets that never get an automatic green cycle. My parents live in a Chicago suburb called Lombard and sometimes I bike with a group from there called the West Suburban Wheelmen. I was amazed how unfazed they are by red lights even when biking on much busier streets. Again we're talking about a ride that goes out at 6 AM on Sundays but they *never* wait at a red. No excuses but I did find myself getting accustomed to doing it after a only a few mornings of biking. -joe _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
