[beerbajay]

I suggest you try cycling as your main means of transportation in your city for a few weeks.

The key to surviving as a cyclist using bad cycle infrastructure is to be flexible and aware of the dangers around you. Crossing at a crosswalk is a reasonable response to drivers who don't check their mirrors and don't signal before turning. Running a red light when there is no cross traffic is a reasonable response to the fact that cars and bikes have different abilities to get up to speed from a stop and impatient drivers (especially, again, turning ones) are a huge risk to cyclists.

It's absolutely true that cyclists are often not strict rule-followers, but the rules are designed for cars which are large, fast, heavy, and can cause huge amounts of damage, while cycles are small, slow, light, and can cause at best small amounts of damage.

As a cyclist, I have to ride as if every single vehicle is actively trying to kill me.