http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: RLJ phone law - Recent Topics en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:02:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7453#post-76896 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:44:07 +0000 fimm 76896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On Monday evening I was at the Gorgie Road/Dalry Road junction, waiting at the red light to turn up Henderson Terrace. Suddenly the car behind me started hooting - I couldn't work out why, as the lights were red had been so for a while. When the light went green and I started off, I noticed that the driver of the car waiting to go from Henderson Terrace to Murieston Place was on his phone, so I made big pointing and "I see you on your phone" gestures at him. As the car that had been behind me at the lights came past me, he hooted again - and then I think I saw him making a thumbs-up gesture at me... so I guess he didn't have a problem with me on my bike, but had noticed the driver on the phone before I did.</p> <p>However, in the past couple of days I've also been passed by several cyclists who have gone through red lights that I've been stopped at. I'm always tempted to shout "RED LIGHT" at them - but I never actually do.</p> <p>Which leads me to wonder why am I more willing to point out the phone use than the red light infringement? And should I start shouting at cyclists?</p> <p>(There's a good arguement that the law-breaking cyclists bring less danger than the law-breaking car drivers, but I don't think it is that simple...) </p>