Oh Bob, always wanting to challenge everybody you disagree with and get the last word in. Take off your Sam Adams/BTA prescribed bicycle babble blinders and put on some reality check spectacles. It is very simple to just objectively observe any signal controlled intersection that is frequented by bicyclists to confirm that a much higher percentage of bicyclists go through on red lights than do motorists. May I suggest downtown Portland during the morning rush hour near the West end of either the Hawthorne or Burnside Bridges, or mid-day on SW 2nd Avenue.

Several years ago my commuter route was to go through downtown on West Burnside to avoid travel on the Sunset Highway. Passing by Old Town-China Town in the mornings, while cars and trucks were stopped at red lights, the bicyclists either blew through, or stopped briefly, then proceeded on against the red in violation of the law. Furthermore, and to prove my point, a few months back there was a news story, Channel 8 I believe, where the news crew set up their camera and let it run at a stop sign at the circle in Ladd’s Edition in Southeast Portland. During the time period while the camera was positioned and running, about six cars out of a much higher number did not stop while nearly every if not all bicyclists, almost 100 percent, failed to stop blowing past the stop sign. Enough said to back up my diagnosis.