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From: ribl@hou4b.UUCP (R Blechman)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Why I blow off STOP signs - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 13:24:41 EST
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>A bicyclist could safely cross a stop sign where a driver could not.

> I am approaching a STOP sign.  The land is flat and I can see for a good
> 1000 yards in all directions (No exaggeration,  this is common in the
> flatlands of central Illinois)  Since I see no other vehicles approaching,
> I ride right through the stop sign.  Have I done anything wrong ?  If so,
> then what have I done wrong ?

You have done the same wrong as if you were in a *car* in the flatlands
of central Illinois! In other words, such instances *do* occur while
driving down the road in a car too, so why should it be considered okay for
the bicyclist and not the car?
Perhaps you should propose that it should be okay for both.

Yes, you (and i) have done wrong according to the law.
But the law is the law. (profound eh?)
Whether one cares to obey it (either while driving through
the flats of Illinois or at 3 in the morning) is a different story. :)

ron "what stop sign?" blechman
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