Cyclists "DON'T" Jump Red lights

Oh man, who let you in here?

Like Taxi drivers have never inappropriately U-turned in unsafe places, or pulled up suddenly without indicating, or exceeded the speed limit, or jumped a red light, or been chatting on the phone almost constantly and not paying full attention to the road. The list is never ending.

You must be a saint if you've never done any of the above. Either that or a liar, because frankly every driver, and every taxi driver has done at least one of those at some point.

Did you know that most laws are designed to only work for 80% of people? Speed limits are a great example... once more than 20% of people would be caught by the law, they seek to change it to encapsulate the majority. Not all people obey speed limits, but enough do that the effect is adequate (for safety, traffic flow, etc). The same happened with bike lights... a red constant light is better than the flashing pulses at determining speed and direction... yet the red flashing light was legalised when it was apparent that most people broke that law.

Pragmatism reigns.

I wouldn't mind so much were it not for the number of times a driver likes you, so angry with cyclists for whatever reason you are angry with cyclists, risks my life or forces me to take a dangerous position as you force your way through.

I can't wait until Uber and Hailo finally finish off black cabs. I've been a massively vocal defender of the black cab in various debates, but... every time I actually find myself listening to an anti-cyclist rant of a black cab driver, every time I see this kinda of crap on the internet as if you were holier than anyone else... guarantees my next journey is via Uber.

What a load of sanctimonious baloney.

People can download Uber here: https://get.uber.com/go/

It's cheaper, more luxurious, and the drivers are far friendlier.

Is this your Twitter btw? https://twitter.com/cabbychris