>People don’t like it when others have the ability to get through traffic in a way they can’t.<
No, people don’t like it when they safely pass some arrogant p***k on a bicycle and then when they’re stopped at a traffic light, said p***k passes them yet again, so they must repeat the process.
On occasion, I drive an F350 dually pickup. When some horse’s patoot on a bicycle passes me multiple times, in heavy traffic, it puts us both in danger.
No, people don’t like it when they safely pass some arrogant p***k on a bicycle and then when they’re stopped at a traffic light, said p***k passes them yet again, so they must repeat the process.
Where I live now, for both cars AND bicyclist, stop signs are really yield signs. In the city, I saw them as yield signs when on my bike, but stop signs in my car. The reason for the latter has nothing to do with safety or obeying the law. Rather, it was fear of getting a ticket. They are way too arbitrary and are very energy costly on a bicycle, especially when the ONLY reason you are stopping is because there is a ridiculous sign there.