Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is higher where there is no cycle-specific infrastructure.

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[+] -23 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I almost never see cyclists adhere to Stop signs in my area. Bicycles are vehicles and need to follow the postage signage too.

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 4 months ago

    Bicycles are allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs in many areas; it may be worth checking to see if you live in one of them. But rest assured! Statistically, for every one of those you see, there are hundreds more cars violating traffic laws.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago

    out on a bike you see much easier than when you're sitting in a box on wheels.

    when i'm driving i don't even consider "not adhering to Stop signs", when i'm on a bike slowing down is enough to look and consider stopping or continuing

    i should also remind that bikes do not weigh a ton and don't kill a million people every year

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

    Bicycles are literally allowed to yield. See - the law.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    State specific, or is this a federal thing? Or not even a US thing?

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago*

    Cool. So there's this intersection near my house where there's a right-turn slip lane onto a 3-lane stroad. Used to be, it'd have a green arrow at the same time as the opposite direction had green and left-turn green arrow. It saved time by shortening the light cycle. Drivers are supposed to make a turn into the nearest lane of the street they're entering, so you'd think that two cars could enter three lanes simultaneously, but nope. Too many conflicts with left-turning drivers crossing all three lanes into the far lane that the right-turning drivers were also entering.

    So the city changed the light timing.

    But, fuck, man, drivers think their shit don't stink because they don't even bother to learn all of the laws they're violating.

    (P.S. They also roll through most stop signs.)

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Stop signs are the most dangerous place for a cyclist to stop. The only place more deadly is a shared bike lane where you can get doored. Safety stops are the only way for a cyclist to deal with a stop sign.

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