I remember a bit from a course at the Architecture School at McGill that came up with a perfectly rational explanation for this pedestrian “anarchism”: in downtown Mtl. the width of east-west blocks times the average walking speed of an average adult equals the traffic light timing cycle. If you obey the law you always hit red when you come to the corner, therefore the system is against you, ergo screw the system.

I have never received a jaywalking ticket (unlike say Harorld Lee), and haven't heard of anyone who has. I assume this behaviour against some piece of legislation, but it is the basic law of walking. Just do it.

I remember a bit from a course at the Architecture School at McGill that came up with a perfectly rational explanation for this pedestrian “anarchism”: in downtown Mtl. the width of east-west blocks times the average walking speed of an average adult equals the traffic light timing cycle. If you obey the law you always hit red when you come to the corner, therefore the system is against you, ergo screw the system.

I have never received a jaywalking ticket (unlike say Harorld Lee), and haven't heard of anyone who has. I assume this behaviour against some piece of legislation, but it is the basic law of walking. Just do it.

It would make little difference to me but for the fact that people like you (1) scare the bejesus out of me when I come within a hair of killing you; (2) you disrupt traffic; and (3) sue no matter how at fault you are in your injury. The sense of entitlement and victimhood of bicyclists add salt to the wound.

A guy like you runs a red light–if there is oncoming traffic, and both you and the drivers are lucky–they stop or slow down. You show up early–wonderful! I slow up and miss a light and show up LATE. In order for you to show up 30 seconds early, I and every other driver who missed the light show up 5 minutes later. At that point, you've FUCKED US DRY AND WITHOUT A RUBBER.

Cyclists have so convinced themselves of their righteousness that they go beyond entitlement–Critical Mass riders are bullies disguised as do-gooders. I have been stuck in a crowd of these motherfuckers and I think I burst a bunch of blood vessels not plowing through them.

It has long struck me as odd that we largely decline to regulate one of the transgressions with the most consquences for the most people: late merging. I'm talking about those who race up to the front of a slow traffic line to cut in, apparently oblivious — or indifferent — to the fact that it's the likes of they who make the whole thing long and slow to begin with.

Ugh. It's infuriating just typing about it.

Let's go through your weak (pathetic?) attempt to justify your breaking the law everyday on your bike:

- Speed Limit: I follow it, it saves me gas and prevents tickets
- Turn signals: I use them on all lane changes
- Right on red: Only when legal
- Double parking: Never
- Jaywalking: Not in the last 30 days

How about you? Does your illegality make anyone else not following the law more acceptable? Logically, I should shoot someone on the streets if someone else does it, after all, one crime is equal to another similar crime, therefore we shouldn't follow the law. (your logic, not mine)