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hfojvt

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11. as a bicyclist

Reply to AZ Progressive (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 02:09 AM

Oct 2015

I find that most car drivers EXPECT me to break the law

but I do not - not when somebody else has the right of way (as in - they got to a 4 way stop sign before I did)

However I am NOT going to stop for an empty intersection, and think it is highly absurd to demand that I do. I am generally going pretty slow anyway - for safety reasons. But that doesn't mean I want to stop and restart for NO reason other than some authoritarian's intolerance.

The S.F. mayor is a jackass.

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San Francisco May Let Bicyclists Yield at Stop Signs [View all] Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 OP

FFS no. Cyclists need to obey the damn law. Recursion Oct 2015 #1

FFS yes... Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #3

and bike riders can give up their rights to sue if they run the stop signs and cause a collision nt msongs Oct 2015 #2

Agree 100%. n/t ChazII Oct 2015 #4

Anyone who yields improperly gives up the right regardless of conveyance. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #5

Sounds like a super way to thin the cyclist herd. WillowTree Oct 2015 #6

why would they include such wording? fishwax Oct 2015 #8

I think Stop-as-Yield is a good idea, but this protest petronius Oct 2015 #7

As a bicyclist, I see most bike riders not really following the laws, including stopping at stop... AZ Progressive Oct 2015 #9

This all started with a new police captain who thought it wise to issue hundreds of tickets to Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #10

as a bicyclist hfojvt Oct 2015 #11

The only thing that comes to mind... Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2015 #12

Prediction of personal injury liability no_hypocrisy Oct 2015 #13

Actually the rule is to yield. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #14

Point taken. no_hypocrisy Oct 2015 #15

It's funny how drivers get so incensed over others "breaking the law" on bicycles Fumesucker Oct 2015 #16

Does anyone actually stop at stop signs? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #17