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Old 04-03-2021, 04:53 PM
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Bikers should push the legislature to adopt the "Idaho Stop" law. It allows bikers to safely treat stop signs as yield signs. It is a safety issue. When bikes are made to come to a full stop, it takes them much longer to get through an intersection because of inertia. This law does not allow a biker to blast through a stop sign at 20 mph, but to carefully roll through when there is no traffic to yield to.

I ride tens of thousands of miles and have never had an accident.
I agree 100% with this. I didn't know there was such a law, but it's genius. I'll look that up and see if there's any groups supporting the same here, and I'll offer my voice to their efforts.