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-square106fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down12
arrow-up1127arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareHewlettHackard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up38·1 year agoSome jurisdictions actively take the opposite approach - bikes can treat stop signs as yield signs!
minus-squareAdderbox76@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down29·1 year agoAnd those jurisdictions are what is colloquially known as “stupid”.
minus-squarePolendri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year 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-up11·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
minus-squarenicktron@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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?