<p>the scofflaw, because The Law is Important and Needs To Learn A Lesson, instead of, "hey, let's not crash".</p><p>And so what I wonder is, are the Effective Cyclists intentionally training themselves out of learning crash-avoiding reactions? Or is it the case that I am cognitively able to read all the movements and put myself in a tiny space and make room, and so I don't need "the rules" to deal with these situations, and they either aren't able, or never trained that ability up? ...</p>