| Comment | It was very clear this was your point and I don't quite know why people are not understanding it.
You weren't necessarily making a value judgement about whether people on bikes crossing red lights should be penalised or warned. Your point wasn't really about this, as I understood it. For all I know you possibly or probably agree that under current laws they should be cautioned!
You were making the entirely separate - and entirely accurate - point that traffic lights developed out of a need to control the flow of vehicle traffic, and avoid collisions between vehicles (with other vehicles, or with pedestrians or cyclists). A great number of vehicle free streets which are heavy with cycle flow on the continent have no light system in place. They depend on the negotiation of road users, which is fine in the context of small mass objects like pedestrians or cyclists.
You're also very right to highlight how France has been exploring allowing cyclists to continue through red lights (not always, but in specific situations where collision risk is minimal). |
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