Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
The typical driver breaks more rules of the road in a single commute than a cyclist does in a year.
Not if you count the times MANY cyclists blow stop signs and red lights. A legal road vehicle needs to wait for the light to turn green before proceeding through an intersection regardless of traffic flow.
Nope. That's called an Idaho stop and is perfectly legal in many municipalities.
But not here.
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Bicyclists who roll through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop — known as an "Idaho stop" because that's legal in Idaho — are breaking Illinois law. That may surprise many Chicagoans because the Idaho stop is so common here.
Only 1 in 25 Chicago cyclists actually make a complete stop at stop signs when there's no cross traffic, according to a study by DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. Some 2 of 3 breeze through red lights under the same conditions.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ ... story.htmlIt's not an Illinois statute but it is clearly the defacto law in the Chicago area. That's why no one ever gets a ticket for running a red light on a bike.
In any case, there's this popular assumption that the automobile is the default and it just isn't the case. That's why people are shocked when a cyclist rides on the Interstate but they shrug off the Amazon van parked in the bike lane.
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On Tuesday a bill to legalize “stop sign as yield” in Illinois was voted down in the state legislature’s transportation committee. HB4276 was sponsored by state representative Janet Yang Rohr (D-41) of southwest-suburban Naperville. The legislation states, “An individual operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed through the intersection without stopping if 1) the individual slows to a reasonable speed and 2) yields the right-of-way to any pedestrian within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk; other traffic within the intersection; and oncoming traffic that poses an immediate hazard during the time the individual is traveling through the intersection.” The bill specifies that the Idaho stop would not be legal at intersections with active railroad crossings.
The transportation committee vote against the legislation was nearly unanimous, with the sole supporter being Suzanne Ness (D-66), representing northwest suburbs like Elgin and Crystal Lake. The bill was voted down 11-1.
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
It's more fun to be a victim
Caller Bob wrote:
There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.
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