Bear

Well, as someone who regularly cycles and rides a motorbike I have to say that I have occasionally run a red light on my pushbike. I treat them as give way signs a lot, as I don't have a big engine to get me moving again. Momentum is important! I do pick my moments tho, and wait for it to be safe before doing so.

Then again, I have also been known to break a speed limit or two in my time, and I know damn well some of those vociferously demanding that all cyclists who break the rules be punished for it have also. How would you feel if the general response to Crashy McGee time was "You were 5 miles over the limit? deserve everything you get!"

I'm not saying that cyclists should be immune from the laws that we all (sometimes, when there's a police car behind us) follow, but theres a certain phrase about glass houses that applies here...