tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207584811195702217.post1163112719792197472..comments2023-12-20T10:44:37.768-08:00Comments on The Incidental Cyclist: Apparently they get it in IdahoKate (and Mike)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12314278577720373140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207584811195702217.post-24458286965983849182014-12-08T20:26:01.439-08:002014-12-08T20:26:01.439-08:00I love that analogy. . . I love that analogy. . . Kathryn Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206958256783795819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207584811195702217.post-79027291999114519432014-10-02T17:02:38.285-07:002014-10-02T17:02:38.285-07:00I was thinking about this very same thing today as...I was thinking about this very same thing today as I rolled through a deserted intersection in a sub-urban residential neighbourhood. How would I explain my action to a passerby without losing their interest or sympathy. I had to do this years ago, and would resort to the same comment today. Walking and cycling are both amiable and allow plenty of time for friendly negotiations that are simply not available to motorized vehicles. Bicycles are not cars. If cars were required to come to a complete stop, shut off their engine, remove their keys from the ignition, re-insert them and restart their engine at every stop sign or major intersection I would be happy to see them treated equally as vehicles sharing the road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207584811195702217.post-39758053333559409792014-05-23T06:01:21.657-07:002014-05-23T06:01:21.657-07:00A late comment, but most of the stop signs on my c...A late comment, but most of the stop signs on my cycling routes are not there to regulate intersections, but rather they are there for traffic slowing. That's right they are there because too many drivers race through residential streets at unsafe speeds, so they put in stop signs to try to slow things down. As a motorist, I always do full stops at stop signs, but as a cyclist I treat them as yield signs...if there is traffic, I do full stops but in the absence of traffic, I slow have a good look (better than I would ever get in a car!) and then proceed if clear. Maybe if there weren't so many reckless drivers, we wouldn't need all of these stop signs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com