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It's not as if you don't know it's illegal.
It's not as if you can't see the sign that got posted after the police got tired of busting 2 or three people per lights rotation at this particular intersection during rush hour. It's right next to you.
It's not as if you can't see the three bike riders waiting to cross right where you've stopped.
It's not as if you can't estimate that those bike riders will have to go _through_ you, or the car _behind_ you in order to get past.
So why do you do it?
Another favourite, when riding my bike, is one particular place where there's a roundabout at the intersection of 5 suburban streets. The bike track crosses one of those offshoots, and on the other side from the roundabout is another silly intersection. As far as I can tell, no driver going through that roundabout has any idea of when to indicate. So when I think it's clear to go across the road, half the time it isn't and I have to slam on the brakes as someone who wasn't indicating turns a corner, or someone who was, goes 'straight'. Or they're indicating right for the road that most people indicate LEFT for...
It's not as if you can't see the sign that got posted after the police got tired of busting 2 or three people per lights rotation at this particular intersection during rush hour. It's right next to you.
It's not as if you can't see the three bike riders waiting to cross right where you've stopped.
It's not as if you can't estimate that those bike riders will have to go _through_ you, or the car _behind_ you in order to get past.
So why do you do it?
Another favourite, when riding my bike, is one particular place where there's a roundabout at the intersection of 5 suburban streets. The bike track crosses one of those offshoots, and on the other side from the roundabout is another silly intersection. As far as I can tell, no driver going through that roundabout has any idea of when to indicate. So when I think it's clear to go across the road, half the time it isn't and I have to slam on the brakes as someone who wasn't indicating turns a corner, or someone who was, goes 'straight'. Or they're indicating right for the road that most people indicate LEFT for...
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