Originally Posted by mandovoodoo
I don't know any answer, just annoying.
you dismount. walk your bike over to the car, lean in the window, and (nicely) tell the driver how the thing works. then go back to your intersection and wait for them to go through. give 'em a big clap-handsies for positive reinforcement if they do it right
a lot of drivers around here seem sincerely confused as to whether or not a bicycle is a full vehicle in those situations. they're used to giving row to pedestrians at any intersection (our law), and maybe they think 'pedestrian' really means 'without car'. i confess i don't always make a full stop at stop signs; there's one every two (short) blocks along the bike road i take for part of my commute. however, i do slow down enough to look WAY down both roads as i come to them. ime, drivers on the road with the row tend to see or know the stop signs is there too, so they're a hair less cautious themselves.