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I believe it. Cyclists here are not required to stop for stop signs. Also, most cars just slow down when the intersection is empty.
True in 12 states.
Not where I live. Also how would that make sense? It’s a four-way intersection of car traffic if you blow through it at the wrong time you die.
You may be confusing "stopping" and "slowing down". You can do the second without the first.
Also illegal. You proved my point.
I just offered an option between stopping and blowing through, which is less likely to kill you.
Several states in the US have laws on the books allowing bikers to conditionally ignore stop signs, but typically to "downgrade" a stop sign to a yield sign. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop
The basic premise is that because a bike is slow enough, and the stopping distance of a bike at speed is short enough, a bike can approach an intersection, make a judgment call on if they need to stop, and if they don't expect to get hit, they can cross without coming to a full stop first like a car does.
Cyclist are only required to yield to anyone already in the intersection.
It's generally treated as a yield in states where bikes don't have to stop at stop signs. If there's no cars or other bikes, they go. Obviously you still stop if other cars/bikes are approaching a four way or are in the intersection.