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@The_Seldom_Killer
I can't say I agree with this approach. Away from traffic lights I like the legal status of a vehicle with equal rights. A special legal treatment for cyclists undermines this principle and feeds the Daily Mail mentality. What is needed is a format of road structure and associated laws that puts all road users on an comprehensible equal footing regardless of the type of vehicle they use. If that format then favours use of a bicycle then all the better.
As an aside, I am a tediously law abiding cyclist and rarely ever jump red lights, but then I live in a very different environment where the impetus to jump red lights is severely diminished so such a law is far less relevant to me as I live outside of a major urban area.