The dangerous intersection at Valencia and 23rd St in San Francisco 

A few folks might be rushing to type "we need more enforcement.". That's true, but not a realistic solution: 1. SFPD have been on a work stoppage since the George Floyd protests of 2020 www.jwz.org/blog/2024/02/today-in-acab-2/ 2. Traffic enforcement historically starts strong, then gets abandoned. In simple terms, cops are there to issue a ticket after someone has already been run over. That isn't a long term fix. We need to make physical changes to our streets to make them less car-centric and safer for everyone.

thanks for posting! feel like too many people don't realize that cyclists aren't the issue here.

Amazing how lawless that intersection is. This video really illustrates how crappy many drivers are.

Thank you for recording. I hate this design with every fiber of my being every time I use it

Given the lofty promises of Vision Zero (no deaths), this vid shows scofflaw drivers are not getting the 'safety message'. If you let 'bullies take over the school', they will go where they can get away with their behavior.

Dude...I feel all this...I cycle...ride a motorcycle...and do some Uber in Los Angeles and yeah it's a scary place and laws mean nothing.

To be fair to the drivers turning from the bike lane: on most streets with bike lanes on the side, drivers are legally required to merge into the bike lane to turn right. CVC 21717 says: > Whenever it is necessary for the driver of a motor vehicle to cross a bicycle lane that is adjacent to his lane of travel to make a turn, the driver shall drive the motor vehicle into the bicycle lane prior to making the turn and shall make the turn pursuant to Section 22100. I don't see any arrows or signage that indicates that drivers are allowed to turn right from the center lane (nor any signage that indicates that right turns are prohibited), so it's unclear if drivers are supposed to turn directly from the center lane. It would make sense that they are, given the light pattern here, but I think it's reasonable for drivers to have differing interpretations of how this intersection is supposed to work. Lots of room for improvement!

Doc Pop, welcome to the war on cars!

If only the SFMTA would install actual concrete barriers to separate cars and bikers, this would all be avoidable. Traffic cameras would be nice too.

Been riding bicycle for over 20 years and only been hit by a car mirror twice. Lucky never really been hit hard.

It’s worse than I thought 😳

It seems like some of the cars running red are going when the bike light turns green. Either they don't know it's for bikes or they're just using it as an excuse to cross early and just play dumb if they get questioned by a cop. Vice versa for cyclists. It's honestly confusing when I first tried to cross this in the city by bike. I think they should make the signage vastly different for bikes, both color and shape, if they want total separation of traffic commands. Green meaning go for cars is too strong a pyschological response IMO, along with the bike shape not being clear if people are driving with impaired vision. It's like the same reasoning as to why crosswalk "go" signal is white and smaller shape/ lower to the ground. But that's just my take on lights... idk how to deal with the lane-side switches x-x

Um, the cyclist @2:03 slowed and stopped b/c he was coming to a red bike light, not because "he was sensing something". So, good job, dude in orange, on a black Aventon e-bike

the consequence of no speed cameras or traffic enforcement :/

This is wild

The entitled drivers blowing through the red light need tickets. And the side running bike lane wasn't nixed because of parking loss. It was because of all the parklets. There were still about 50 parking spots removed when the center lane when in.

Great video. Thank you for sharing. Amazing no one was hit or injured. That said, it's a shame you continue to say things like "the car is creeping forward." Please change your vernacular to DRIVER. Drivers drive, behave, make choices, decide to obey or break the law. When we refer to "cars" doing this, we dehumanize the behavior behind the wheel. Drivers are the ones doing what you're seeing. Cars are inanimate objects that move as a result of PEOPLE. Thanks. This is ALMOST as bad as calling crashes "accidents." Never should a person interested in street safety use this word. The best words are "crash, collision or wreck." Never, EVER use the "a" word. It's a misnomer that acts to IMMEDIATELY confer innocence upon the responsible party. It acts to remove culpability on a group of scofflaws who HABITUALLY break the law. About 99.99% of drivers break the law EVERY TIME THEY'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL. So let's not excuse egregious behavior behind the wheel before we know any facts or circumstances. And your video shows just how egregiously drivers behave behind the wheel. Red light running deserves severe consequences. I vote for immediate vehicle impound. Time to take MORE DIRECT ACTION in defending our lives and well-being in our PUBLIC places. One school morning, I decided to visit the four-way stop intersection a block from my kids' elementary school to observe drivers. Do a little survey of who actually STOPS at stop signs. After about an hour, I found that 93% of drivers didn't stop. NINETY-THREE percent couldn't be bothered to obey the law. The vast, VAST majority felt stopping was optional. Only 7% actually STOPPED. Perhaps they knew that this is a busy street only a block from an elementary school, so they decided to stop. And drivers will whine ENDLESSLY about cyclists who don't stop at stop signs. Well, most drivers fail to do the VERY.SAME.THING! But they're in insulated cocoons that weigh 4,000 lbs. with 300 HP. No wonder drivers kill about 40,000 people every year, and injure millions.