Old 04-20-17, 03:28 PM
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Stop signs, Lights, signals, lanes, speed limits, etc, are all designed to safely move people down the road whether it is in a car, truck, or on a bicycle.

But, all too often traffic enforcers get stuck with enforcing minor infractions with no significant bearing on safety.

And frequently one is only person for miles around, just sitting for the (&(*^##*(&%!!! light to change to green, when common sense dictates just to proceed. And, on a bicycle, of course, there is the dead red problem which compounds the issue.

Of course, the more minor infractions, perhaps the more major safety issues. But, not necessarily true.

For example, I'm seeing a few notes indicating that jaywalking may be safer than crossing at marked crosswalks without signals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking#Safety

On a bike, a rolling stop with zero traffic puts a person at no greater risk than stopping, putting the foot down, then starting again. Do rolling stops lull a person into complacency? Maybe, maybe not. What it does is hopefully foster an awareness of one's surroundings.

Anyway, what we really need are safety studies to see which practices are safe, and which are not.

Why in the heck should a cyclist going across the top of a T intersection in a marked bike lane even slow down for a red? Right turns into a marked bike lane?
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