Boring political cheap shot aside, I don't think that's what he said. Generally, I think most people would associate bike-friendly laws with more liberal states, so the OP is saying it's surprising that it is the "Idaho Stop" instead of, say, the Massachusetts Stop or the Minnesota Stop or whatever.


It happened as part of a comprehensive change in driving laws in 1982, and as these things often do, it came down to the fact that the guy who was in charge of that happened to be a cyclist. https://www.bicyclelaw.com/origins-o...-as-yield-law/