Reminder: Always Look On a Green Light
09-04-19, 12:20 PM
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What's believable is your "response."
...private citizen's database of unverified complaints from strangers....
-mr. bill
...private citizen's database of unverified complaints from strangers....
-mr. bill
09-04-19, 04:46 PM
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Red light runners? I've got a helmet-cam full of 'em myself! It's too bad you can't easily "drop a dime" on them online. Although, I heard on a podcast that in NYC they have a crowdsourced database on one of the social media platforms.
As far as red light runners being an obvious caveat...maybe they're not so obvious. We all ride in different situations and locations, and are all at different "skill" levels. There is always a new crop of new riders who haven't been "seasoned" yet. Traffic density is growing in many cities (and falling in others).
All of us can get lulled into complacency and a sense of false security from time to time. And distractions from our immediate surroundings abound as well as things on our minds and on our phones.
A Youtube reminder is much preferable to the risks or results of a real red light runner.
And as I have stated many times before, a post like this should be a catalyst to reflect on and examine your own riding habits and strategies for keeping safe.
Thanks for posting @SactoDoug
As far as red light runners being an obvious caveat...maybe they're not so obvious. We all ride in different situations and locations, and are all at different "skill" levels. There is always a new crop of new riders who haven't been "seasoned" yet. Traffic density is growing in many cities (and falling in others).
All of us can get lulled into complacency and a sense of false security from time to time. And distractions from our immediate surroundings abound as well as things on our minds and on our phones.
A Youtube reminder is much preferable to the risks or results of a real red light runner.
And as I have stated many times before, a post like this should be a catalyst to reflect on and examine your own riding habits and strategies for keeping safe.
Thanks for posting @SactoDoug
I remember reading about bicycle safety many, many years ago and the advice given in the book, including getting through intersections as fast as you could since they are relatively dangerous to bicyclists with parking lots being more dangerous.
Not every bicyclist realizes the potential danger of a re-light running motorist and especially if such doesn't occur very often where they are. Thus the OP did a good thing here.
Cheers
09-04-19, 05:08 PM
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