[john walker's workshop]

bicyclists around here have zero respect for traffic laws. they are required to observe the same rules that motor vehicles do, but 90% of them run stop signs and red lights, rip by on the right, oblivious of cars that could be turning right, (one got squashed by a dump truck recently doing that), generally get in the way of traffic and flag you the bone if you honk or comment on their skill. the city is missing out on a lot of revenue by ignoring the problem. they're going to paint green bike safety boxes on corners so the bikes can cluster in front of cars at controlled intersections, yippee, but they may not have noticed that they don't wait for lights anyway. furthermore, i think they all need to be licensed and tagged yearly, and go through a test just like car drivers do, so they may get a clue about traffic laws that pertain to them.