CoffeeBot@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoBarrie Ontario: 'Yes, you can get a ticket,' Cyclists slapped with hefty fine for blowing through stop signbarrie.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareHewlettHackard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSome jurisdictions actively take the opposite approach - bikes can treat stop signs as yield signs!
minus-squareAdderbox76@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd those jurisdictions are what is colloquially known as “stupid”.
minus-squareVelonie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop See the section on safety. It’s safer for bicycles to yield at stop signs instead of come to a complete stop. The most dangerous part of cycling is in an intersection, and you’ll spend more time in them when coming to a complete stop every time
Some jurisdictions actively take the opposite approach - bikes can treat stop signs as yield signs!
And those jurisdictions are what is colloquially known as “stupid”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop
See the section on safety. It’s safer for bicycles to yield at stop signs instead of come to a complete stop. The most dangerous part of cycling is in an intersection, and you’ll spend more time in them when coming to a complete stop every time