I've noticed that the discussion of how to behave at stop signs and the pros and cons of pushing to change the law concerning what one should do at a stop sign has generated more passion and more discussion than any number of other topics that have arisen on this channel. It's also brought into the discussion a number of new voices.
Since stopping at stop signs is not well enforced anyway, and, I'll venture to say, is less important to our rights and safety as cyclists than bigger projects like better infrastructure, parking, bridge access, train access, employer and merchant accomodation, and civil codes that encourage people to bike and so increase our number, I wonder what it is about stop signs that arouses such passion. I don't say this to make fun of or discourage those who have pitched in on stop signs. Rather, I wonder whether it tells us anything useful about how to organize cyclists for improving bicycling. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> The Big Book of Misunderstanding, now in bookstores and on the web: <http://www.misunderstanding.net/buystuff.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>.
