R. KR, a cyclist can legally go through a red light.
So you writing a negative comment about such a thing implies it's (always) illegal and promotes the falsity.

Maybe the Statesman can do their part by regularly publishing the rules of the road for cyclists.

We ALL ride bikes at some point right? (unless someone is WAY TOO FAT and a burden on our soon to be created socialist health care system. Down with socialism! Down with FATTIES!)

Only if he's Top Cat. Only then if Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy and Quickdraw McGraw are in the cartoon.

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There is no life in Idaho...it is a mirror site on god's server. You were dreaming but it is over. Go to your residence and await our commands and THEN we will restore control...

So why is it fair to punish riders with extra fines? Why is it worse for them to break a traffic law than a driver? It seems to me that it is more to make drivers feel better than having any worthwhile reason.

I'd prefer the existing laws get enforced more strictly (running red lights, speeding, etc.) than adding new laws for either party.

I ride and drive.

KR: Fair is fair.... If we're going to crack down on boorish drivers who crowd or hassle cyclists (and we should), then we should also crack down on cyclists who work out their Tour de France fantasies by flying through a red light without stopping.

Since you're in a unique position to influence public policy, would you mind thinking a bit more (clearly) before you fire for effect?

Fairness, and the utility of "cracking down" has exactly nothing to do with how it could possibly make sense to levy a surcharge fine for users of one mode of transportation.

Society needs to encourage cycling. People grouse about cyclists not paying to use the roadways (patently false since most also drive) nobody seems to be addressing the fact that cars pay next to nothing to pollute our air. One of the shifts from the recent election was a decision to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and address the severe consequences of global warming. Penalizing bikers is the wrong direction for public policy. It should be the other way round.

A bicycle is a vehicle and must be subject to all the laws and traffic control devices a driver of a vehicle is responsible for. Cyclists have an especially serious personal responsibility when sharing the complex traffic environment to interact safely.

As I travel around town daily I am reminded that cyclist & cyclist groups continue to “aggressively” ride the white lines defining the separation of traffic lanes and refuse to ride single file, so traffic can pass safely and then they get irritated when you haven't given them a huge margin when we do pass.

The option Idaho law provides cyclists when to ride two abreast must be eliminated as our streets & highways our city streets are not designed to safely accommodate nightly runs of side by side aggressive riding groups forcing innocent drivers into unsafe conditions.

As a daily bicycle rider on the streets and in the foothills it is very disturbing that local cyclists have failed to see the poor solutions of the past (special considerations for cyclists to ignore traffic control) already create daily havoc on our streets, unless we all observe the same traffic control, appropriate street designs are built and serious cycling laws are implemented, it will never get better.

Come fellow (Taters) Idahoans get with it and let’s stop the knee jerk solutions to serious problems and let’s develop and establish something for the future of our communities and show that cyclists and vehicles must coexist, see you idiots in the foothills or on the street, good luck all!

Hookers and their skin dealers are your friends as you scream by. There is no law, you look at a red light, check out left and right and hammer through. Stop, and be hassled. Quad RR tracks and manholes are a common hop platforms. Locals enjoy a skinny white boy flamin' through their hood.

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There is no life in Idaho...it is a mirror site on god's server. You were dreaming but it is over. Go to your residence and await our commands and THEN we will restore control...

Here are some laws that we should have on the books to improve bicycle safety, but I will be shocked and amazed if they ever come to be.

Mandatory bicycle registration and licensing. Time for the bicycle user to pay his or her way for all the services they get compliments of the auto user.

Mandatory use of bike lanes. No excuses...use the provided bike lanes or get off the road. If no bike lanes are provided, have only one set of rules of the road for ALL users.

Mandatory helmet use for all minors. Think about the car seat and seat belt laws that apply to parents with minors in the car.

Three foot pass law applicable only when bike lanes are not provided. If the bicyclist is riding the the bike lane, there should be no need for enforcing a three foot pass rule.

I would also like to see Boise PD and other law enforcement agencies write more tickets for passing a turning car on the right especially when the passing car enters a bike lane. But I am so naive, that I actually think a red light means stop; not proceed in a hurry.