if it's a 4-way kind of intersection, then yeah.

if it's a stop-sign, i slow so that i can safely see and then go through --- usually pretty slowly --- i base my decision on *safety* and definitely don't make sure to come to a complete stop

back in college (UT austin) campus cops used to give tickets if you didn't put your foot down which is dumb b/c i can trackstand a long time and does a motorist open the door and put his foot on the ground at a stop sign? anyway, i would ride down stairs jumpt out-sprint them or whatever when the campus bike police tried to catch me