if the cyclist stops at the stop light before proceeding, as i advocated in my post, there would not be an increased likelihood of hitting a pedestrian.

i am just trying to put an end to this ridiculous fiction that anything that happens to a cyclist who disobeys a red light is his fault.

and, for the record, i have never been hit by a cyclist going full speed. once, however, i hit a pedestrian who stepped from between two cars into a bike lane, knocking the both of us down, me into traffic. it goes both ways.

Posted by: ell442 at September 9, 2008 12:43 PM in response to Brooklyn's Dangerous Intersections

a bicyclist going through a red light is more like jaywalking than anything else. bikers should stop and wait at every red light to the same extent that a walker should (in other words, they shouldn't).

a bicyclist should regard a red light like a stop sign, much as a pedestrian does. a stop sign should be treated like a yield sign.

Posted by: ell442 at September 9, 2008 12:17 PM in response to Brooklyn's Dangerous Intersections

probationer! or pre-trial defendants! no parolees will be at the office! they don't exist!

Posted by: ell442 at July 16, 2008 2:53 PM in response to Federal Probation Officer Defends Proximity to St. Ann's

there is no such thing as federal parole. it was abolished in the 1980s.

This is the United States Probation Office. Might as well get it right.

Posted by: ell442 at July 16, 2008 12:08 PM in response to Federal Probation Officer Defends Proximity to St. Ann's