When a sign displays STOP. Then STOP your bike. If cars pass you, don't pass them back at the red light. Wait your turn; they will only have to pass you again. When you are riding your bike follow the laws that you do in your car.
We need to teach people that it is NOT okay to ride on the sidewalk, the wrong side of the road and break the laws. We need to educate the public that bikes are vehicles. Slow moving vehicles, but vehicles. We need to teach that we have a right to the road. We need act responsibly when we are riding. We need to teach by good example and follow the rules. We don't need to be thinking of ways around the laws. Don't Be Lazy! Erik Cyclist and Ex-Commuter ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 11:37:43 -0400 >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>. > ---- 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>.
