Guess I'm no longer required to stop and help when I run one over, then.
Bicycles no longer required to stop at stop signs in Minnesota
Why does it seem like cyclists get preferred treatment over automobiles when it comes to this kind of thing? If I treated stop signs as yield signs in my automobile I'd get pulled over all the time. They want to share the road with cars but then they want special treatment, seems like they should have to follow the same rules.
Furthermore, some feds are trying to make this kind of thing a federal law.
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Furthermore, some feds are trying to make this kind of thing a federal law.
Fed Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield sign…
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I think...Why does it seem like cyclists get preferred treatment over automobiles when it comes to this kind of thing? If I treated stop signs as yield signs in my automobile I'd get pulled over all the time. They want to share the road with cars but then they want special treatment, seems like they should have to follow the same rules.
Furthermore, some feds are trying to make this kind of thing a federal law.
Fed Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield sign…
What thinks TCL?
... it's much better idea than allowing performance car owners to buy a get out of jail card to drive recklessly.
... there are much, much, much bigger safety issues on the road to get angry about than cyclists being allowed to roll through stop signs thousands of miles away from you.
... bikes travel at much lower speeds than cars, and are much less dangerous than cars, so this is fine.
I already do this on my road bike. Knock on wood no incidents yet.
There are good reasons for preferred treatment:Why does it seem like cyclists get preferred treatment over automobiles when it comes to this kind of thing? If I treated stop signs as yield signs in my automobile I'd get pulled over all the time. They want to share the road with cars but then they want special treatment, seems like they should have to follow the same rules.
Furthermore, some feds are trying to make this kind of thing a federal law.
Fed Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield sign…
What thinks TCL?
1) In general, the more vulnerable road user gets preferential treatment. Heavy trucks should yield to passenger vehicles, motor vehicles should yield to pedestrians, cars should yield to motorcycles. Cyclists should yield to pedestrians.
2) A bicycle poses far less danger to others, especially in areas where there is little pedestrian traffic. If a cyclist hits a car, the cyclist is going to lose every time. The "full stop" requirement for stop signs is intended to protect pedestrians and other road users.
3) Cyclists accelerate much more slowly than cars. Requiring them to come to a full stop delays cars and other road users unnecessarily.
4) Enforcement is already non-existent, and most cyclists roll stop signs anyways. If a cyclist is ticketed for rolling a stop sign, it's almost always related to a pretextual stop. In general, pretextual stops are bad policy.
The fact of the matter is that different vehicles have vastly different characteristics and can't realistically be required to follow the same rules to a T. We already have other examples of differentiation for different vehicle types. There are certain road rules that apply only to heavy trucks (for example, lower speed limits or prohibitions against left lane usage).
The key here is that cyclists should still YIELD at stop signs if there is other traffic. Personally, I will roll through a stop sign if there is no traffic around (with a careful look first), but I will yield/stop as necessary if there is other traffic.
Why does it seem like cyclists get preferred treatment over automobiles when it comes to this kind of thing? If I treated stop signs as yield signs in my automobile I'd get pulled over all the time. They want to share the road with cars but then they want special treatment, seems like they should have to follow the same rules.
Furthermore, some feds are trying to make this kind of thing a federal law.
Fed Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield sign…
What thinks TCL?
i think reading up on the conservation of energy will help all TCL’rs understand a cyclist, no matter how hipster, kitted, or wheelie-holding, poses absolutely no threat to your person, beyond an automobile pilot’s perceived superiority and preferential access and utilization of public space over all other humans
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