European Cities Allowing Bikes to Run Red Lights

[OakLeaf]

It makes perfect sense to me, and the explanation is the one I've been giving for years. Two-wheeled vehicles are a greater danger to EVERYONE when we come to a complete stop.

With all the repaving work going on in my area, many red light sensors for bikes no longer work.

By law you can call those in, and SFO might even be more responsive about it than some cities. Even in my small towns, more and more of the sensors are going optical or at least being set so I can easily trigger them with the alloy wheels of my carbon roadie.

Still, they've apparently re-set one of them in the other direction recently. I'd heard other cyclists complaining about it, and yesterday I had even had to run it on my moto.

[tulip]

Just one more reason to move to Paris...as if I needed another reason!

[Jo-n-NY]

I ride treating most red lights like stop signs depending on how busy the intersection is. If it is a busy roadway I ride with the same rules as a car. If the road is not busy usually one lane of traffic in both directions I treat the red light like a stop sign for the reason stated, I am slower to accelerate then a car. I feel like I am doing them a favor by giving myself a head start. If the light changes right after I go I try to slow a bit and move more to the right to give the few cars (in most cases) a chance to pass me so I am not holding them up.