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No, it's safer to follow the rules of the road. Stop at stop signs and red lights or risk winding up on someone's windshield without anyone's pity.
by pb7 3y ago
No, it's safer to follow the rules of the road. Stop at stop signs and red lights or risk winding up on someone's windshield without anyone's pity.
- Phrodo_00 3y agoCalifornia has Idaho stops, so cyclists not stopping at Stop signs IS following the rules of the road (if the Cyclist did yield and just also didn't see the Waymo car). Bicycles starting on the side of the road can ofter get side swiped because they're in car blind spots because they don't accelerate fast enough. Going faster makes them more visible for cars.
- ganieldackle 3y agoNo it doesn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop
- Phrodo_00 3y agoHuh, the internet lied to me [1]. Should've checked wikipedia. [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-stop-bicyclists-yield-signs-ab-122/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-stop-bi...
- nerdponx 3y agoGovernor Newsom vetoed it: https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AB-122-1082021.pdf https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AB-122-108... https://cal.streetsblog.org/2021/10/12/newsoms-deeply-disappointing-vetoes-of-traffic-safety-bills https://cal.streetsblog.org/2021/10/12/newsoms-deeply-disapp...
- Ferret7446 3y agoEven if that were legal in California, clearly in this case the cyclist did not check properly and should have fully stopped. I must say, all of this doesn't help with the general perception of cyclists being extremely entitled with respect to ignoring traffic rules. Anecdotally, I see more cyclists breaking the rules (such as by riding on the sidewalk or pedestrian crossings or improper lane changes/turns) than not.
- occz 3y agoWhat an absolutely deranged comment to make. Are you of the opinion that anyone going even ever so slightly over the speed limit deserves their fate if they happen to crash and get injured or killed? Car drivers do after all break the rules of the road far more often than cyclists do, with further-reaching consequences.