rules of the road revisited

In previous blogs I attempted to justify blowing through stop signs and traffic lights. Bottom line, I will follow the rules of the road from now on.

Why the change of heart? I've been reading a lot about this issue and talking to people about it. I'm not in that big of a hurry. I don't really want cars to be be pissed off at me when I'm on a bike. I usually follow the rules of the road anyway. I don't have THAT many stop signs and traffic lights that I deal with. By making my own rules, I run into many cases that are not so clear-cut, so I was sometimes finding myself in precarious situations that really were not necessary.

I've already started this practice and it really isn't that hard. It does take a different mind set. In only a few cases is it frustrating (coming downhill to a stop sign with absolutely no traffic around), but I can live with that.