I don't understand why cyclists get so furious about defending dangerous illegal cyclists who hurt people with their selfishness. If I started a thread about a drunk driver, it wouldn't be full of outraged drivers going "another driver bashing thread, typical!"
Cyclists should be more like horse riders. Horse people take no shit and are first in line to call out bad and dangerous riding. You'd never see horse riders defending illegal and dangerous behaviour from other horse riders. Yet cyclists act like owning a precious planet-saving bike puts you above criticism and get vicious and abusive at the mere suggestion that disabled or elderly people want to be able to walk down the pavement.
In past threads I've seen all sorts, cyclists defending breaking the law, saying they have to cycle on pavements or through red lights because it's safer or more convenient for them, saying that no one should walk on a pavement if they're unsteady on their feet or deaf, no pedestrian should ever wear earphones and if you do and a pavement cyclist smashes into you it's your fault for not "being aware", all manner of disableist abuse.
Pure arrogant entitled selfishness.
I've only seen a car blatantly charge through a red light at a pedestrian crossing that had people on it once in my life, and it was late at night and the driver was obviously drunk. (Reported to police.)
I see cyclists do the same multiple times a day. I once saw a cyclist decide to weave through cars and illegally cross a red light pedestrian crossing in Sheen when the traffic meant he couldn't see the crossing or if there was anyone on it until it was too late, and he smashed into a dog.
There's a different crossing in Hammersmith that's immediately after a sharp 'blind' corner, I never cross there because sometimes cyclists come haring round it at speed, ignore the red light, and because it's a blind corner there's no way for them to be able to see if there's anyone on the crossing until after they've turned the corner. I was once on a bus and witnessed a cyclist ignore the red light and take that corner at speed, notice there was a party of school children on the crossing, and have to hurl his bike down to one side (injuring himself) to avoid smashing into them.
The traffic light directly outside my house is another one I can't use because five or six buses use that road which means there are often buses stopped at the red light, and if a bus is the first vehicle stopped behind the light it's so big you can't see if there's a cyclist coming up on the inside about to race across the pedestrian crossing and smash into you, should you happen to be walking at the same time. I regularly walk a quarter of a mile to the other crossing just to avoid it.
It's not just the odd bad apple, it's clearly systemic. A change in cycling culture needs to occur.