The Idaho stop
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The Idaho stop
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Does anyone actually make a full, foot down stop at a stop sign? As said it's common sense.
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Here in Kentucky motorists will pull a gun on you if they see you cruising through a stop sign.
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Last fall, I went for a club ride in Boise (I'm from California). Upon stopping at a red light, and waiting, the local riders told me that, in Idaho, at a red light, if the traffic is clear and it is safe, a cyclist can proceed through the red light. Not sure if the same rule applies currently to stop signs, but it makes sense. The risk to implementing such a law is that motorists will think the same rule applies to them. By the way, a rolling stop in my state is referred to as a "California stop" (brake tapping optional).
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I guess every locale has its own traffic etiquette. When I was in Montreal in the 70's, bikies just ignored stop signs and red lights, and drivers expected it. I think that's the culture that the Critical M*******s are trying to engender here, but I think it impedes the efficiency of traffic flows. I prefer a well-engineered system, but that relies on all the components working in unison. And because of human nature, we end up with "volume delays," which could be largely avoided if people just drove properly & cooperatively. But because some are greedy, or think their time is more important, we end up with "standing waves" and mass traffic delays. Which is why I am far less frustrated in traffic on my bike!
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Treat red lights as stop signs = stop and if safe proceed without violating anyones right of way
Treat stop signs as yield signs = yield and if neccesary stop to allow proper right of way
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When we would tell locals about it they were shocked.
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On the other handy, reading comprehension is not a skill manifested by the inhabitants of Idaho, so we shouldn't expect any better of them.
Paul
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I do. I refuse to train myself to break habits ingrained over six decades to follow new, special rules just because I'm on my bike rather than in my car.
On the other handy, reading comprehension is not a skill manifested by the inhabitants of Idaho, so we shouldn't expect any better of them.
Paul
On the other handy, reading comprehension is not a skill manifested by the inhabitants of Idaho, so we shouldn't expect any better of them.
Paul
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