Eric, Hope all is well with you.
The Idaho Stop essentially treas a stop sign as a "yield" - rather than a "full stop with your foot on the ground." It is a well-regarded thing, that needs more traction, so to speak. It says Colorado may recognize this practice in some places. You? Stay safe! Love, Lisa > On Mar 21, 2017, at 4:33 PM, via Bikies <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send Bikies mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Bikies digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Idaho stop in Madison? (Andy Bach via Bikies) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:55:19 -0500 > From: Andy Bach via Bikies <[email protected]> > To: Bikies <[email protected]> > Subject: [Bikies] Idaho stop in Madison? > Message-ID: > <CACV6rWK_S-GF4yh=XWToY9SuO69OXynh65=qeVbf=ytcxm1...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I'd heard of this but sort of forgot the details: > The *Idaho stop* is the common name for a law that allows cyclists > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclists> to treat a stop sign > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign> as a yield sign > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_sign>, and a red light > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light> as a stop sign. It first > became law in Idaho <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho> in 1982, but has > not been adopted elsewhere. A limited form of the law called "Stop as > Yield", that deals only with stop signs, has expanded to parts of Colorado > and been considered in several other states. Advocates argue that current > law criminalizes normal cycling behavior, and that the Idaho stop makes > cycling easier and safer and places the focus where it should be: on > yielding the right-of-way. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop > > Curious if there's state law that would disallow Madison/Dane county from > passing such a thing. > > -- > > a > > Andy Bach, > [email protected] > 608 658-1890 cell > 608 261-5738 wk > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.danenet.org/private.cgi/bikies-danenet.org/attachments/20170321/78a2f18d/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Bikies Digest, Vol 101, Issue 7 > ************************************** _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
