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Isn't this commonly known as an Idaho Stop? Why is it being rebranded for Colorado? Seems like a weird way to market your state.
by aqme28 5y ago
Isn't this commonly known as an Idaho Stop? Why is it being rebranded for Colorado? Seems like a weird way to market your state.
- 0xbadcafebee 5y agoIt would be weirder to pass a law in Colorado called the Idaho Stop Law
- karamanolev 5y agoAs a European, it's very amusing how some people in the US treat safety features as state-owned brands, that other states can infringe on :)
- KennyBlanken 5y agoFor four decades Idaho was the only state that allowed bicyclists to treat stop signs as yields and stop lights as a stop-and-then-yield, so it was the easiest way to refer to the concept. We're finally seeing some sanity, but most of the states have refused to adopt the "stop light is a stop and then yield."
- banannaise 5y ago"Idaho Stop" is also more often used to refer to the cycling move than the law. Idaho stopping is something a cyclist does; Idaho Stop laws make the Idaho stop legal. Language is fun!
- JohnWhigham 5y agoTurning left at an intersection when there's no dedicated turning lane is known as a New Jersey left because no one in the South does it...and it's fucking infuriating.
- Arubis 5y agoIt is, and Colorado has previous legislation (from ~4y ago?) _permitting_ individual counties to allow the Idaho Stop; as I recall they call it such by name there. Hard to pull in search, since everything's swamped with this new, more comprehensive legislation.