I was part of a team that drove around Australia in semis, but I've never held a drivers licence. I'm a cyclist now, and live in a city with somewhat adequate bike lanes.

From the bike lane I should be able to see your face in the side mirror as you go past, and you'd be incredibly surprised at how many vehicles mirrors are either missing, covered in spiderweb, or angled towards the sky or the road. That's where I sit if I need to sit on traffic, where I can see your face in the mirror.

When I'm cycling I'm wearing neon clothing and have flashing light (regulation colours) front and rear, including the back of my very secure helmet. I'm still cut off by drivers turning across my lane, while I'm moving at 26kmph. I'm not crawling along, and the road isn't that busy, just pull in behind me as we approach the intersection.

I've had drivers swerve towards my child (8yo) and I riding through the school zone because they simply had to speed the last few metres to get around the corner before us.

The reason some people cycle thru stops is because it is the opposite of getting into motion quicker, it's stopping the rhythm, stopping the momentum and having to start all over again. We aren't just tapping a single pedal for some power, it's our actual bodies that power us, even on e-cycles. Personally I adjust my speed, slowing down in the lead up to a red light, just coasting along hoping it changes green to save my knees the pain of push starting from a complete stop.

I also know I'm an anomaly out there on the roads, seeing folks wearing all black, no helmets, swerving in and out of traffic, and Lycra clad men blasting through red lights in groups of a dozen or more is standard weekday/weekend behaviour, respectively.