Comment 27025

By seancb (registered) - website | Posted October 26, 2008 at 10:47:20

Why is it that every time an article appears here that is remotely associated with roads, cars, or bikes, it invariably leads to the same tired complaint by drivers that cyclists (and now pedestrians) run stop signs?

Meister, you said (paraphrased) 'Can you imagine the outcry if a car driver had the audacity to say what's the point in stopping?'

Stand at any 4-way stop for more than 30 seconds and try to claim that the majority of drivers honour the stop sign. The standard rolling stop that most drivers perform is no less dangerous than the rolling stop that many cyclists perform.

People are obsessing over the idea of 'anti-car' people using this woman's death to 'further a two way agenda'. What a joke. Some of us have been woken up by these sad pedestrian deaths in this city and have come to realize that our transportation system is inherently flawed.

This is not about blame. This is not about which road users commit the highest percentage of infractions. This is about designing our roads so that they are safe for everybody. This is about making the trip to the grocery store just as safe and convenient for my neighbour with her cane as it is for my other neighbour with his pickup truck.

This is about preventing unnecessary deaths and injuries.

It's not an underhanded agenda. If anyone has an agenda, it's the group who wants to keep the high speed status quo, and will fight to the death to do so - even if it's not their own.

I vote down for offensiveness and up for humour. I cast no votes based on my level of agreement.

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