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In Idaho the LAW is for bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs, so they must slow and be prepared to stop. They are still at fault for crashing into someone.
by joshe 8y ago
In Idaho the LAW is for bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs, so they must slow and be prepared to stop. They are still at fault for crashing into someone. Colorado and Delaware have similar laws.
14 pedestrians were killed in SF traffic accidents last year, all by cars. 0 by bikes. Bikers in SF aren't cited for rolling stops so we are already living in the Idaho stop world. It is very safe. [1]
Bikers should indeed be very observant when approaching crosswalks and intersections. And they usually are, because if nothing else, their lives depend on it.
[1] http://visionzerosf.org/ http://visionzerosf.org/
- pound 8y agoCouple of years ago I was stopped by police for not making full stop. Wasn't cited, just verbal warning, but still.. Also what sucks was the fact that bunch of people in front of me just flew through the stop sign without even slowing down, and then me, who slows down at every stop to almost full stop (just short of tilting the bike and putting leg on the ground) was stopped by police car behind me.
- stcredzero 8y agoYou're supposed to spread the word to your friends as an example, but it sounds like the lesson learned is to fly through the intersection even faster so you're harder to be stopped by the police.
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- stcredzero 8y ago14 pedestrians were killed in SF traffic accidents last year, all by cars. 0 by bikes How many bike riders got themselves killed in intersections? Bikers should indeed be very observant when approaching crosswalks and intersections. And they usually are, because if nothing else, their lives depend on it. And yet, I keep on running into situations where I think to myself, "How in the hell do you think you can survive while doing that!?" Here's the thing. The level of lack-of-foresight that makes someone a cringey inconsiderate nuisance in a car is about the same lack-of-foresight that makes someone a likely organ donor on a bike. Tongue in cheek tinfoil hat stuff: Maybe the bike trend is just a machination of aging oligarchs who want to ensure transplant organ supplies? Biking is popular in exactly the places where the population is healthier (better donors) and left leaning (more likely to donate.)
- zten 8y ago1 cyclist was killed by a criminal driving recklessly beyond speed limit on JFK, and was near a T-shaped intersection and was riding in the parking/shoulder lane. 1 cyclist was killed in a SOMA intersection by a DUI operator through no fault of her own with legal right-of-way.
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