CoffeeBot@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoBarrie Ontario: 'Yes, you can get a ticket,' Cyclists slapped with hefty fine for blowing through stop signbarrie.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down12
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkBarrie Ontario: 'Yes, you can get a ticket,' Cyclists slapped with hefty fine for blowing through stop signbarrie.ctvnews.caCoffeeBot@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareHewlettHackard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 years agoSome jurisdictions actively take the opposite approach - bikes can treat stop signs as yield signs!
minus-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down30·2 years agoAnd those jurisdictions are what is colloquially known as “stupid”.
minus-squarePolendri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoIt’s hard not to see this as ignorance given how easy it is to look up the great safety record of these laws (i.e. right there on the Wikipedia page).
minus-squareVelonie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-22 years 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
minus-squarenicktron@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoHave you decided to change your opinion yet, since you’ve had plenty of time to read about and fix your own “stupid” though?
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”.
It’s hard not to see this as ignorance given how easy it is to look up the great safety record of these laws (i.e. right there on the Wikipedia page).
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
Have you decided to change your opinion yet, since you’ve had plenty of time to read about and fix your own “stupid” though?