Cycling and Motorists
Cyclists in Canada are often unaware of the rules of the road or choose to ignore them, leading to complaints from motorist and pedestrians. In Montreal police issued over 3,000 tickets to cyclist in 2010, for violations such as running red lights, riding the wrong direction on one-way streets, or less obvious things such as wearing headphones while cycling (which is illegal in Quebec). In bike-car collisions in Montreal, each party is at fault around half of the time, indicating that motorists are often not aware of cyclist either.
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