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Old November 24th 17, 03:06 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Joy Beeson
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Default AG: running stop signs.

On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:01 +0700, John B.
wrote:

Does a bicycle have the right to ignore traffic laws in the U.S.?


On a more serious note: In the U.S. we are obsessed with safety.
We will do *anything*, however expensive, that will "improve safety".

However, it is plain and obvious that people can't sin; only objects
can sin. Therefore it's a waste of time to teach people to look both
ways before crossing a railroad, or to ask drivers to notice what is
ahead of them. Nothing but changes in the infrastructure can ever
improve safety.

So where-ever a "yield" sign is required, we put up a stop sign.
Stopping is ever so much safer than yielding.

I don't think I've ever seen a "yield" sign anywhere except inside a
roundabout. The city fathers sign off on whether or not to fund a
roundabout, but don't vote on individual signs inside the roundabout,
so signs inside the roundabout are chosen by traffic engineers.

So all our drivers have been trained that a red octagon means "yield".

One intersection within walking distance of my house saw several
serious collisions before the powers that be put an orange flag on the
top of the sign, and another sign below it that said "cross traffic
does not stop", to indicate that this stop sign actually is a stop
sign.

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