this bicyclist breaks the law--I do run stop signs and red lights.  BUT ONLY IF THERE IS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I am sorry you had to deal with a bicyclist that...

Bicycles are required to obey traffic signals and Stop signs. We do enforce those violations. In fact the penalty for bicycle violations was recently raised...

I don't mean to defend a person who seems to have been inconsiderate both in behavior and in vibe but this situation brings up a basic principle of ...

The key to most of this is not rules, but common courtesy and respect across the board. Nothing can substitute for that. We have a social and political...

Why isn't anyone raising the point that both cars and pedestrians on foot have designated (and police-protected) places to transport, while bikers most times...

    I amazed by the sense that bikes have can ignore the law because it is difficult to be a bike rider.     I have been riding a bike in urban...

Are you ready to forgive the car driver who doesn't see the bike riding in the car's blind spot and "startles" the bicyclist? I follow a simple guideline - I...

not much.  It's inattentional blindness and people, drivers especially, should work to always be alert.  (And note that I don't claim to have never made...

It seems like most of us basically agree that all folks using the road be courteous of each other. In crosswalks everyone should give everyone else space. Here...

Mr. Layman -      Holland, China, all sorts of other places are all fine examples. Please note: they stop for stop signs. I am always impressed when I see...

that being said, the video link that Zach sent communicates well the position on the Idaho stop.  In the U.S., the distance between home and various activity...

Though it might not be optimal, in DC most bikers practice an Idaho stop and regard most stop signs as yield signs. They avoid pedestrians in crosswalks (for...

the issue about laws vis a vis bicyclists, automobiles, and pedestrians is more complicated than you make out.  Laws regarding the use of streets were changed...

DC is a funny place. Most other places where I've been a cyclist state that bicycles are vehicles, and are subject to all the same laws as vehicles are ...

here bicycles are vehicles too, although the laws vary from state to state.  E.g., according to Maryland law, bicycles are vehicles, and therefore, unless the...

Well, here's the other (OK, ANother) weird thing about DC: You don't actually have to do either a written or a road test to get a driver's license. Present a...

I am coming around to the position that adult bicyclists could/should be licensed, and even that there could be special vehicle insurance plans for bicyclists...

  If you have licenses, then there is going to be enforcement - or why bother with the license? So why not have enforcement in the first place? Minimal...

or an endorsement on the drivers license for bicycling.  Just like for motorcycle driving.  To emphasize the importance of knowing and following the law...

As a cyclist for the last three decades, twenty percent of which I spent as a professional bike courier, I have severe problems with the smug tone of ...

Generally, I think part of the problem is that cyclists are pretty much invisible UNLESS they are doing something others think is unsafe or against the law. I...

the real tricky thing is when you are mostly a bicyclist, and following the Idaho Stop rule whether or not it is legal in your jurisdiction, and then you drive...

Driving down Mount Pleasant Street one day, I stopped for an elderly pedestrian starting out on a crosswalk. A bicyclist whipped past me on the right, then...

A *majority* of bicyclists? Really?...

Part of the problem is pedestrians who do just about everything--talk on cell phones, look down at the ground--than watch where they're going. The sense of...

maiI ride, walk, and bike (actually a trike) as well. From my observation, I must agree with Jack. I have come to the conclusion that it is bicyclists that as...

But that's just the point, it's YOUR (and Jack's) observation, which is colored by our own biases and experiences. My observation takes me to an entirely...

And on a different but not-unrelated subject, free bike lights are being given out tomorrow at the Civic Plaza: ...