Today I walked toward a road junction which had the 'advance stop line' marked so pedal cyclists could stop ahead of other vehicles at the traffic light.

The light was red, a woman cyclist pedalled straight through the 'cyclists' box and past the final stop line. I called out to her saying "Hey, you are supposed to stop at red lights" to which her reply was "You don't understand how to stay alive on a bicycle".

Unbelievable. She obviously feels that bicycle riders are exempt from all provisions of Road Traffic Law and that some divine providence will preserve her from a gruesome end.

And some people think it is a good idea to make car drivers liable in any accident with a cyclist?