I live in a county that has two major cities in its borders. One city has so many stop signs, if you live there you know how to handle intersections like that. This same city has golf cart paths going EVERYWHERE...the people living here are used to seeing joggers, cyclists, golf carts, and walkers so they know to watch for something other then cars. The other city has people that blow through stop signs, red lights, and those areas in parking lots where you know you should stop to see if a car's coming (I've almost gotten T-Boned in my car hundreds of times from people just breezing through w/o looking). If you ride a bike here, you're going to get shoved to the side...not a very bike-friendly city, but there is a very limited amount of sidewalks or areas that even have a wide enough road to cycle with the cars without them having any choice but to get too close to you. Can you tell where I ride ?

Anyhow, after years of driving in the one city with scary drivers, I've been taught to stop or do a rolling stop at every single intersection while I'm cycling to save myself from a dangerous situation since my favorite ride goes through both city's back roads. I would NEVER blow through an intersection regardless of where I'm at since I seem to have the luck that if there's a car anywhere in the area that I'm cycling even if they are miles away, they will be meeting me at that intersection without a doubt!

LOVE the story about the entire team getting a ticket! Bwa ha ha!!!