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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe29.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4t9xl.197563$OT2.88645@newsfe29.ams2> From: _  Newsgroups: uk.legal,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Cyclists going through red traffic lights Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:27:58 +0000 References: <72h0pkFpshmdU1@mid.individual.net>  Lines: 28 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.12.82.202 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe29.ams2 1237656512 86.12.82.202 (Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:28:32 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:28:32 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2194 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:690518

aaa wrote: > Iain wrote: > >> I have just walked back from the shops. >> >> As I was going, I came to the traffic lights just by Willesden bus >> garage. Two sets were red. From each of these sets, a cyclist went >> straight through them. >> >> As I was returning, past the same set of lights, I saw I cyclist >> waiting for the lights to turn green. I felt like giving him one of >> my oranges! >> >> Can the cycling community not do something to dissuade these people >> from jumping the lights? It certainly causes frustration from >> drivers who have to so frequently watch this deliberate flaunting of >> the law, and continues to give cyclists such a poor name - certainly >> within London. >> >> Iain > > Just shows that red lights are often unneccessary. You should > concentrate your efforts in getting these red lights removed. Also > passing a law to allow a left turn filter through red lights (when > safe) would help.

You're suggesting that the fact that cyclists jump the lights is in itself evidence that they shouldn't exist? Squash? Is that you, son?