Bike People- the rules of the road apply to you too!

I find most of these posts both for and against cyclists to have some truth. When you use the subway it saves wear and tear on peoples lives. Your chance of killing a child in the street or being involved in a traffic accident is eliminated while on board. You can feel free to take one more drink or a smoke of celebration with friends with little to no chance of you harming anybody else . Lots of cars in Brooklyn are operated by under trained drivers. Still others are piloted by a drunks or people using or have ,used drugs, talking or texting on a phone. Don't forget enjoying music so loud that the driver and the passengers can't hear emergency vehicles. Law enforcement is unphased and disinterested .Many posts on the board show the dangers of walking on our streets and sidewalks even if there are no motor vehicles involved. Presently cyclists are treated as 2nd rate citizens and crimes both intentional and accidental are not given attention by the law. Cyclists may appear to be going one level below the average citizen acting like they are riding/fighting for survival, they are,sorry for what is seen as a lack of civility. Just trying to live.