At 02:28 PM 07/23/2003 -0400, Bob Paolino wrote: Right on red in general is a reasonable thing, [snip]
You make some good points, Bob, but the one above assumes that one actually stops first, which is often not the case. a driver looking left for a break in traffic (while rolling through the stop sign/light) is way too common a cause of collisions between cars and peds or bikes. If they're not allowed to make a right at all, then they won't be so anxious to find a break in traffic (and even if they make an illegal right, they *might* be more likely to stop first-even if they only stop to scan for police, they're more likely to see bikes & peds). and yes, idling engines pollute, but that's the same rationale for expanding the capacity of roads to accomodate motor vehicle driver demand at peak travel times, usually at the expense of all other modes of travel. chuck Chuck Strawser Project Coordinator Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin 106 E. Doty Street, Suite 400 P.O. Box 1224 Madison, WI 53701-1224 608-251-4456 tel 608-251-4594 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bfw.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
