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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Why I blow off STOP signs - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 10:42:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 10:42:54 1984
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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 ?

For what it is worth, Lon Haldeman, when he set his record on the Race
Across America in 1983, stopped at *every* stop sign.  Even at 3:00
AM when visibility was perfect and there were no other cars on the
road (except his support vehicle behind him).  If obeying the law is
good enough for him, it's good enough for me.
-- 
"When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve"
	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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