Cyclists who never stop for red lights

I don’t just blast through
I don’t just blast through red lights, but there is one junction (actually it’s a big super-junction of three sets of lights – Parrswood in Didsbury, Manchester) where I pre-empt the green if I’m going north because the aggression of drivers there can be crazy. They want to race because they think they’ll get through the other lights, but they can’t, they’re timed to prevent that, but if I wait I get close passes all over the shop. If I go as soon as the other direction has turned red, it works out better.

The only other time I do this is for the single-lane two-way controls that you get at roadworks – if I wait then I end up getting beeped for only travelling at 20mph through the roadworks.

[waits to be called ar*ehole]

OnTheRopes wrote:and how is a

OnTheRopes wrote:

and how is a camera going to identify this red light jumping cyclist?

Probably not, and don’t care.

I do care about dangerous vehicles being blasted through red lights by drivers who don’t give a shit who they endanger.

kie7077 wrote:jacknorell

kie7077 wrote:

jacknorell wrote:

This country needs red-light cameras. And loads of them.

I honestly think that wouldn’t raise safety, just funds for councils.

as with speed cameras – that’s irrelevant. You only end up paying if you’re a c*nt.

I’d love to see stricter
I’d love to see stricter enforcement against RLJ jumpers. And I don’t really see any specific demographic to this sub-class: lycra, jeans, shorts, cheap, fancy, male, female, … They’re all just dumb twunts. Nearly hit one of these morons as I was going through the green this morning. The berk was completely oblivious. I love the POBSO descriptor, though. I have been trying to think of a suitable sobriquet such as this for a while…

And the argument that motorists also jump lights is daft. If they drove over a cliff…?

kie7077 wrote:jacknorell

kie7077 wrote:

jacknorell wrote:

This country needs red-light cameras. And loads of them.

I honestly think that wouldn’t raise safety, just funds for councils.

I didn’t see many red lights jumped in Colorado when I spent (a good while) time there. The cameras are common as muck there. People stop on amber.

kie7077 wrote:jacknorell

kie7077 wrote:

jacknorell wrote:

This country needs red-light cameras. And loads of them.

I honestly think that wouldn’t raise safety, just funds for councils.

@ ike2112
I’m going to take
@ ike2112
I’m going to take this one literally. So, the genuinely ignorant cyclists wear jeans? I’ve seen loads of ‘ignorant’ cyclists clad in Lycra, HiViz, helmets on hi spec carbon bikes jump lights, weave, hop footpaths and demonstrate a total lack of road craft. I’ve also seen plenty of cyclists wearing regular clothes demonstrate brilliant road craft. The fact of the matter is that there are a***h***s out there in control of 2 wheels or 4 wheels. When I’m out training in full kit or shopping/socialising in regular duds I do my utmost to practice good road craft as do many others on this forum. Please do not continue to strengthen the dichotomy of what cyclists wear determines their road sense or what tribe they belong to.