Twat on motorbike

as oliver says on many an occasion and I am fond of repeating, when riding a bike "we are traffic", and should act like it.
Too often cyclists act like victims, yes we are more vulnerable to injury then drivers of cars/taxi's/lorries etc, but so are motorcyclists.
Stop acting like traffic is your enemy and you are at its mercy, if you are traffic, act like traffic, too often we want to have our cake and eat it too, being vocal about being traffic one minute, and other road users should look out for us, and respect our vulnerability, then scooting the wrong way down a one way street the next.

Well put. However, 'acting like traffic' of course ...

Don't get me wrong I break a lot of the rules of the road when riding, but hey that's how I learnt to ride and as long as I don't hurt or endanger myself or others I will continue to do so.
...doesn't imply acting like those road users act at the moment who violate the Highway Code. Violations of the Highway Code by cyclists lower the status of cycling. The concession for getting to be treated as traffic is to subscribe to the rules applied to regulate traffic. Boring but true.

I'm the first person to argue that a lot needs changing, but until it is, remember how you're perceived and what brilliant excuses you're giving to people who want to have something that they can cite against cycling.

Lots of the complaints on here are anecdotal and from where I'm sitting as both motorbike and cyclist, seem to be yet more bleating for special dispensation.
On the other hand, it is clear that the strategic direction of transport policy needs to change more and more in favour of the sustainable modes. This is not arguing for special dispensation, but to restore more justice to the transport system. Walking is the default mode of transport, and cycling the default non-walking mode of transport, and as such facilitating them and increasing their use must be the primary concern. (This is of course not only about the modes using which we travel, but also very much about the spaces in which we live.)