Originally Posted by
SBinNYC
There are differences between obeying stop and yield signs. Unless one is particularly adept at doing a track stand, placing one's foot on the ground is the only way to obey a stop sign. Here's what Johnny Helms noted a long time ago.
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What with far too many stop signs placed to suit politics rather than traffic, the standard way of moving through a stop sign when there is no traffic coming is to crawl through. This is done by both motorists and cyclists, and only very rarely does a policeman take notice. However, it has been noticed that when the cops are on a cyclist enforcement crusade, they try to rigidly enforce both the side-of-the-road laws and the stop sign law, rather than enforcing against the more dangerous errors that most cyclists commonly make.