On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:05:13 -0500 David Bogen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In short, I believe intersections of streets with bike paths > should be evaluated > > under the assumption that bicyclists may not stop before crossing > the > intersections. > > By that logic, every intersection in the city would have a four-way > stop, just in case a bicyclist decided to blow through the > intersection > without looking or obeying the existing traffic control.
Not so. There would be lots of intersections where 4-way stop signs would not be necessary, because of the flat terrain. If the car driver could see a bicyclist blowing through a stop sign there would be no need for the streets traffic to have stop signs. > And, of > course, bicyclists would blow right through all the new four-way > stops, > thereby nullifying the change. Not so again. Bicyclists blowing through the new four-way stops would not be nullifying the fact that the car drivers have to stop. It would still preserve the safety of the bicyclist, even though the bicyclist would be in violating the rule to stop at the stop sign. I am in favor of that. I don't think we should be penalizing the bicyclist by allowing him to be killed just because he or she chooses to blow through stop signs. Mike Neuman _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
