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It's a bit more complicated than that...
In the City of London bikes tend to be the fastest things on the road. I stand by my assertion that the offences I mentioned very rarely result in anything other than minor injury - just like cycle RLJs. I'm giving you an argument which many people will see as reasonable, and all you can do is bluster. Where's your serious response to my serious argument? If you want to do road-safety campaigning you need to understand all the issues and be able to respond to all the arguments, including the most common ones.
Cab, I almost never see a car or a motorised vehicle jump a red light. When it happens, it tends to happen at considerably less than walking pace, and very rarely impinges on the pedestrian crossing. I see bikes jumping red lights at every red light I stop at. Most go through without moderating their speed - say at 15mph - and go straight through the pedestrian crossing. If it's a choice between being hit by a car at considerably less than walking pace or a bike at 15mph I know which one I'd choose. And it's not the bike.
I come back to my previous challenge - what are the stats for the COLP targetting motorised traffic? If, as I suspect, they are fairly active in that regard your whole conspiracy theory falls over. It's relatively well accepted that tackling minor misdemeanors - what makes people upset - to a very high degree results in a generally better quality of life.
Cab, I almost never see a car or a motorised vehicle jump a red light. When it happens, it tends to happen at considerably less than walking pace, and very rarely impinges on the pedestrian crossing. I see bikes jumping red lights at every red light I stop at. Most go through without moderating their speed - say at 15mph - and go straight through the pedestrian crossing. If it's a choice between being hit by a car at considerably less than walking pace or a bike at 15mph I know which one I'd choose. And it's not the bike.
I come back to my previous challenge - what are the stats for the COLP targetting motorised traffic? If, as I suspect, they are fairly active in that regard your whole conspiracy theory falls over. It's relatively well accepted that tackling minor misdemeanors - what makes people upset - to a very high degree results in a generally better quality of life.