"If they are involved in a collision - no matter whose fault it is - it will be them that won't get up again."
That is unless it's a pedestrian they hit and kill/maim, whilst jumping said lights or riding on the pavement.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 8:25, 1 reply)

True.
I'll let you have that exception!
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 9:36, closed)

Although
Deaths to other road users due to cyclists run at about 1-2 every year. So the risk to others is tiny (not sure about statistics for injury).

This isn't to say that rule-breaking and inconsiderate cyclists shouldn't be punished, of course they should. But let's not mix up our feeling of frustration and annoyance with an actual accurate perception of risk.
(flimflam_machine, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 11:47, closed)

statistics don't tell the whole story
How about all the accidents indirectly caused by cyclists acting like the road is there own personal cycle path
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 12:25, closed)

You mean...
...motorists swerving to avoid a cyclist and hitting somebody else? It's possible, but I've never heard of it actually happening. Like having a cuntish cyclist cut through pedestrians on a crossing, I suspect that the perceived risk is much higher than the actual risk.
(flimflam_machine, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 13:08, closed)

As opposed...
... to the motorists who run pedestrians and cyclists down because they were treating the road as their own personal motorway?

Oh wait, I forgot... Drivers never act like they own the road, only cyclists do that!
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:09, closed)