One day, I was riding my bike across the prairie to check out a distant town as a possible retirement home. Came to a four-way stop and two opposing cars came to the intersection at the same time. Like a good, responsible cyclist should, and not being in any hurry, I unclipped and waited for the traffic to proceed. The cars just sat there until I finally motioned for them to proceed. To my amazement, one of the cars motioned for me to go instead. "Hmmm. That's nice." And off I went with a thankful wave.
It was only later, after I retired and moved to that distant town that I learned about the "Idaho stop". It's nice. However, I still have difficulty riding through a red light. Now, I wish Idaho would adopt the 'motorcycle riding between lanes of traffic' like California allows.