Originally Posted by
chas58
Idaho Stop actually means 2 things:
1) Stop sign: that a bike can do a rolling stop if there is no traffic (treating a stop sign more like a yield sign)
2) Red Light: that a bike can can stop, then can immediately proceed (treating a red light like a stop sign).
Then again, if you don't live in Idaho, it doesn't make much difference what it says. ;-)
I would like the text of the statute that says you can proceed through a red light after a predetermined time. I've never seen a statute that says that. would make sense though.
Don't you guys just press the little "I want to use the crosswalk" button? :-O
Not all locations have such a button... and accessing such a button can be a real pain if you are turning left, AND are already in the lane, waiting. Otherwise you just have to act like a ped. Some locations force peds to cross in areas on the other side of the street... on the south side for instance where a sidewalk may exist, while you are on the north side heading west on the street... so no button.