We're not talking about the Idaho stop — that low-speed, yield-style roll through an empty intersection that cycling advocates reasonably defend. We're talking about parents on loaded cargo bikes sailing past stop signs while cross-traffic is actively present. In one recent stretch, three separate adults were spotted doing exactly this in the span of two hours across the western neighborhoods. Three.

Let's be clear: The Dissent is fully on board with making San Francisco more bike-friendly. Cycling is efficient, it's cheap, and it keeps cars off our already-miserable streets. But "bike-friendly" doesn't mean "bike-lawless." The same people who rightfully criticize drivers for rolling stops and distracted driving seem to develop a sudden case of amnesia when they're the ones on two wheels.

And it's not just recreational riders. Delivery cyclists have become a growing part of the problem. One local resident put it bluntly: "They zoom down sidewalks at blind corners and are going to kill or seriously injure somebody soon." Another SF resident noted they've witnessed delivery riders "driving while on the phone" and nearly causing collisions. Sidewalk riding, wrong-way riding, earbuds in both ears — it's becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Here's the libertarian case for enforcement, and it's simple: your freedom to ride however you want ends where someone else's safety begins. That's especially true when there's a toddler in your bike seat who didn't consent to being a passenger on your personal running of the red lights.

San Francisco doesn't need more laws. We need the ones we have to apply equally. A stop sign doesn't check what kind of vehicle you're operating. Neither should accountability.

If you're a parent blowing through intersections with your kid on the back, do that child a favor — slow down, stop, and act like the grown-up in the situation. Because right now, the four-year-old in the rear seat is showing more judgment than you are.