Bicycles and stop signs

[virgind]

Yep you heard it before. They are for you to. Par Dr. this morning nobody stops with traffic coming. One day you will get hit and wonder why.

[perrjojo]

Here we go again. I wonder how many cyclist have been hit by not stopping at a stop sign? Most cyclist don't stop because they can clearly see if anyone is coming.

[Sandtrap328]

Here we go again. I wonder how many cyclist have been hit by not stopping at a stop sign? Most cyclist don't stop because they can clearly see if anyone is coming.

It makes no difference if none or 100 have been hit by cars by not stopping. The STOP sign is the law - not a suggestion.

[Thnonne]

So using perrjoo logic, if a car or golf cart can clearly see if anyone is coming they too can go thru the stop sign without stopping. I hope the police know this, so they do not ticket the car or golf cart for running the stop sign.

[golfing eagles]

another thread that seems to have eternal life.

But we see a lot of posts from cyclists stating that they have the right to be on the road--and they do. But along with that right comes the responsibility to obey traffic laws. Stop means STOP. It may be inconvenient to stop with toe clips, but the red octagonal sign does not have that in fine print. Here's some news---it may be "inconvenient" for a car to stop as well, but they have to, it's the law. So are hand signals for cyclists on the road.

[asianthree]

There is a suit under those riding clothes, :super::super: protects them

[perrjojo]

So using perrjoo logic, if a car or golf cart can clearly see if anyone is coming they too can go thru the stop sign without stopping. I hope the police know this, so they do not ticket the car or golf cart for running the stop sign.

I didn't say it's what you should do but it is what most do, including cars and carts. Also a cyclist CAN be ticketed for running stop signs.

[biker1]

Not again. Look people, nobody stops for stop signs in The Villages; not the cars, not the golf carts, not the cyclists. Please don't start up these nonsense threads anymore.

Here we go again. I wonder how many cyclist have been hit by not stopping at a stop sign? Most cyclist don't stop because they can clearly see if anyone is coming.

[Rango]

Not again. Look people, nobody stops for stop signs in The Villages; not the cars, not the golf carts, not the cyclists. Please don't start up these nonsense threads anymore.


:agree: :bigbow:

[Retiring]

You have to come to a full stop but you don’t have to hold on to the handlebars. They do things differently in FL.

<< As of 2012, Bicyclists are no longer required to keep at least one hand on the handlebars. >>

Bicycle Traffic Law | Florida Bicycle Association (http://floridabicycle.org/bicycle-traffic-law/)

[Polar Bear]

...nobody stops for stop signs in The Villages; not the cars, not the golf carts, not the cyclists...
I'm a bicyclist, one who on occasion cruises through a stop sign (making no claim that it's legal). But even I know this statement is simply not true.

[CFrance]

So using perrjoo logic, if a car or golf cart can clearly see if anyone is coming they too can go thru the stop sign without stopping. I hope the police know this, so they do not ticket the car or golf cart for running the stop sign.
That theory actually has been espoused by a poster on this forum!

[Jima64]

Car vs bike. Guess who wins.

[photo1902]

Car vs bike. Guess who wins.

who wins?

[DonH57]

Yes

[biker1]

Obviosuly I was referring to the case where there is no traffic as people do stop when there is traffic coming. Rolling through stop signs, particularly on the neighborhood streets when there is nobody coming, happens almost universally with cars and golf carts. Serious cyclists roll through stop signs, when it is clear, almost universally. It is what it is. To suggest otherwise is absurd.

I'm a bicyclist, one who on occasion cruises through a stop sign (making no claim that it's legal). But even I know this statement is simply not true.

[Paper1]

Did a bicyclist or more than one pull out in front of original poster of this thread, if so he has a right to complain as I've seen us bicyclist guilty of that. If it is another one of those "you kids get off my lawn posts" someone needs a hobby.

[Happinow]

It makes no difference if none or 100 have been hit by cars by not stopping. The STOP sign is the law - not a suggestion.

So are turn signals, blinkers or whatever one may call them.......if nobody calls the offender on their actions, it will continue to get worse.

[Polar Bear]

Obviosuly I was referring to the case where there is no traffic as people do stop when there is traffic coming. Rolling through stop signs, particularly on the neighborhood streets when there is nobody coming, happens almost universally with cars and golf carts. Serious cyclists roll through stop signs, when it is clear, almost universally. It is what it is. To suggest otherwise is absurd.
It wasn't so obvious as you want it to sound now...you made a very broad statement. But even in the more specific cases you refer to, suggesting cars and carts universally cruise through them is what's absurd.

[virgind]

Actually Paper 1 ,and I don't have to explain, they rode right across in front of me. I sounded the horn but they didn't even look in the direction from where I was coming. As some one else said car and bicycle, bicycle loses. I don't want that to happen. Stop. You could cause traffic accidents when a car is trying to avoid you.