Colorado republicans defeated an Idaho stop law about a month ago. My state senator voted no, citing an incident of a bicyclist who ran a stop, and flipped her off as she stopped to avoid hitting him. This, after a former republican state senator made the best conservative case I have ever heard. Needless to say, I have contacted my senators office.
=Matthew > On Mar 21, 2017, at 3:46 PM, L Goodman via Bikies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
