A Plea for the Idaho Stop

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Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on April 25, 2014 at 11:29am

The solution is to stop misusing 4-way stops as traffic calming devices.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Beemster on April 25, 2014 at 12:02pm

I like the Idaho stop as a "Yield" rather than un-clipping your shoe and stepping on the ground. But that's only when you can confirm there are no other vehicles on either side. We have to maintain that eye to eye contact. Glad you brought this up

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Permalink Reply by Heather on April 26, 2014 at 2:10pm

I also have noticed a marked decline in road rules adherence this spring, for some reason, as both a driver and a cyclist. Just yesterday, a large SUV slowed down for a yellow light, then actually *sped up* as I started to cross the intersection on my bike as his light turned red. I was also almost doored twice, sigh.

I know the Chicago police have a lot of things to do and traffic scofflaws aren't high on their list of priorities, but yeah, this is getting out of control. It is making me think that red light cameras might not be so bad.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on April 27, 2014 at 9:21am

Do you really drive an hour and bike an hour, each way to and from work?

Jeff Schneider said:

Red light cameras are a good thing.  Almost every cycle, at almost every light, the last car through the intersection doesn't enter it until the light is already red.  That's what I observe, anyway, in my daily 2 hour drive + 2 hour bike ride.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on April 27, 2014 at 9:30am

Inevitably, stop light cameras will be ubiquitous. I'm on board with that idea. I think it will also help reduce crime in general. I suspect that within a few years, most of our public activity will be monitored.

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