▲ 130 ▼ Barrie Ontario: 'Yes, you can get a ticket,' Cyclists slapped with hefty fine for blowing through stop sign (barrie.ctvnews.ca) submitted 3 years ago by CoffeeBot@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HewlettHackard@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 years ago (1 child) Some jurisdictions actively take the opposite approach - bikes can treat stop signs as yield signs! permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca -24 points 3 years ago (3 children) And those jurisdictions are what is colloquially known as "stupid". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Polendri@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 years ago 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). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Velonie@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] nicktron@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Have you decided to change your opinion yet, since you’ve had plenty of time to read about and fix your own “stupid” though? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca -24 points 3 years ago (3 children) And those jurisdictions are what is colloquially known as "stupid". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Polendri@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 years ago 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). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Velonie@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] nicktron@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Have you decided to change your opinion yet, since you’ve had plenty of time to read about and fix your own “stupid” though? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Polendri@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 years ago 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). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Velonie@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nicktron@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Have you decided to change your opinion yet, since you’ve had plenty of time to read about and fix your own “stupid” though? permalink fedilink source parent