Rick asked < Just curious about the "foot down" - where in the Wisconsin Legislative code is this requirement found? (I'm serious...)>
Foot down is not specifically mentioned anywhere in the state statutes. However, here is the definition of the word "stop" CHAPTER 340 VEHICLES - GENERAL PROVISIONS 340.01 Words and phrases defined. In s. 23.33 and chs. 340 to 349 and 351, the following words and phrases have the designated meanings unless a different meaning is expressly provided or the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (62) "Stop" when required means complete cessation from movement. Reasonable people can disagree as to just what this means with respect to what behavior by a bicyclist constitutes a legal stop. Reasonable people can include a bicyclist, a police officer, a judge, and/or a jury :- ) Watch motorists approaching a stop sign. Watch their wheels. Do their wheels completely cease moving if they are not forced to stop by a flow of traffic on the intersecting street? This not an argument for bicyclists not stopping, just an interesting study in behavior. Arthur Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225
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