Hey bikeira, Way back on Saturday, May 04, 2002, 10:59:08 AM, you said something like:
bjc> In a message from Steve Spindler about critical mass in Minneapolis, it was stated; >>From there, he said, he would like to make stop signs the equivalent of bjc> yield signs for bicyclists. bjc> =B3This is how bikes treat them. It=B9s realistic,=B2 he said. =B3If a biker bjc> rolls bjc> through a stop sign, as if it was a yield sign, and there is a problem, the bjc> damage happens to the biker, not to his victims.=B2 bjc> I have been thinking along these lines for a couple of years now and was wondering if anyone else is. Now that biking is becoming a legitimate means of transportation and folks are realizing the bjc> myriad benefits of substituting bike trips for car trips, we should begin to push for special provisions like a stop sign acts as a yield for cyclists. Possibly red lights too. And how about bjc> moving up the right side of a line of cars waiting at a red light. I like to set a good example but I refuse to subject myself to unneccesary car fumes. bjc> Ira Josephs I have heard people discuss the concept of stops as yields and red lights as stops, which seems a good practice, but I'm sure hard to justify to the public. Cyclists know that on a bike you can see and hear traffic much clearer at an intersection than a car can, but to put that in law takes a lot of work. Also, different locals have different laws on passing cars at a light. DC has a rule that allows bikes to pass parked cars, which some have interpreted the wording to allow for passing stopped vehicles at a light. I don't know Philly's rules on this tho... --Mike mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the Bicycle Coalition of the Delaware Valley list named "bike." To subscribe or unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
