Originally Posted by
Roughstuff
Exactly how is this different from cyclists who feel they can come to rolling stops at red lights, stop signs, and filter thru traffic that is stopped at an intersection?
+1, saved me the trouble of typing it.
When people complain about cyclists rolling stop signs, I respond that not all of us do, I don't, but perhaps they should pull up a lawn chair at a stop sign with a notepad sometime and track how many cars actually stop there if there's no cross traffic? I bet it's not 1 in 100. I actually do stop at stop signs, and I frequently see the car behind me obviously having to slam on his brakes because he doesn't expect me to actually stop.
Now, I always stop when in my car, but I do roll stop signs on my bike, though when I say 'roll' I mean that my wheel is technically turning but I'm as close to a trackstand as I can come without actually being able to do one. No momentum at all, and I'm ready to clip out.