One for the biking crowd
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On my bike, I blow through most stop signs near my house.
Not because it's legal—which by the way it is—but because it's often the safest thing to do.
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I got pulled over by a cop for not stopping at a Stop sign at about 7am on a Saturday morning on a quiet country lane. There were zero cars, but he made me stop at the side of the road, looking like a total gimboid in my MAMIL costume. Another passing cyclist seemed to take great delight in my predicament. I told him I'd been pulled over for speeding.
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I got pulled over by a cop for not stopping at a Stop sign at about 7am on a Saturday morning on a quiet country lane. There were zero cars, but he made me stop at the side of the road, looking like a total gimboid in my MAMIL costume. Another passing cyclist seemed to take great delight in my predicament. I told him I'd been pulled over for speeding.
@Doctor-Phibes said in One for the biking crowd:
I got pulled over by a cop for not stopping at a Stop sign at about 7am on a Saturday morning on a quiet country lane. There were zero cars, but he made me stop at the side of the road, looking like a total gimboid in my MAMIL costume. Another passing cyclist seemed to take great delight in my predicament. I told him I'd been pulled over for speeding.
Might wanna check your state laws. Might've been legal for you, too.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in One for the biking crowd:
I got pulled over by a cop for not stopping at a Stop sign at about 7am on a Saturday morning on a quiet country lane. There were zero cars, but he made me stop at the side of the road, looking like a total gimboid in my MAMIL costume. Another passing cyclist seemed to take great delight in my predicament. I told him I'd been pulled over for speeding.
Might wanna check your state laws. Might've been legal for you, too.
@Aqua-Letifer said in One for the biking crowd:
@Doctor-Phibes said in One for the biking crowd:
I got pulled over by a cop for not stopping at a Stop sign at about 7am on a Saturday morning on a quiet country lane. There were zero cars, but he made me stop at the side of the road, looking like a total gimboid in my MAMIL costume. Another passing cyclist seemed to take great delight in my predicament. I told him I'd been pulled over for speeding.
Might wanna check your state laws. Might've been legal for you, too.
I think I'm supposed to stop in Mass, also it wasn't worth getting into an argument - he just said 'please stop, I don't want to spend my Saturday morning scraping you off the road'.
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Illegal to go through a stop sign in VA
Rights and Duties
Every person riding a bicycle on a highway shall be subject to the provisions of the Code of Virginia section on motor vehicles and shall have the rights and duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle unless a provision clearly indicates otherwise.
Bicyclists and other users on sidewalks, shared use paths, and crosswalks have all the rights and duties of a pedestrian under the same circumstance.
Bicyclists and other users of shared use paths crossing highways at clearly marked crosswalks must come to a complete stop at stop signs prior to entering such crosswalk.
On shared use paths crossing highways in marked crosswalks without stop signs or other traffic control signals, bicyclists and pedestrians are not required to come to a full stop, but must not enter the road in disregard of approaching traffic.
And Maryland
Bicyclists must come to a complete stop at all stop signs and traffic lights displaying a red signal.
And DC
Bicyclists are required to slow down and come to a complete stop at stop signs and traffic devices signaling red.
https://www.bikelaw.com/laws/dc/
This may be out of date
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Because stopping is racist
Lastly, legalizing the safety stop has important racial justice ramifications. While the safety stop is already the norm for many bicyclists—only 1 in 25 report fully stopping at all stop signs—it is still grounds for a traffic citation. The rare and selective enforcement of rolling through a stop sign enables the law to be wielded in racially disparate ways. A 2015 Tampa Police Department report revealed that 73% of bicycle stops involved Black bicyclists, in a city that is only 26% Black. In Seattle, Black bicyclists were cited for helmet infractions 4 times as often as White bicyclists, prompting backlash and repeal of the longstanding law this year. Removing one potential pretext for police interaction will make for safer and more welcoming streets for our city’s Black bicyclists.
https://waba.org/blog/2022/03/welcoming-the-safety-stop-to-dc/
