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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Why I blow off STOP signs
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Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 11:29:15 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  5 11:29:15 1984
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When I biked, the main irritation I found with STOP signs was that they
were placed in locations designed to cause the most inconvenience to a
cyclist, who did not have the luxury to ignore the ground contours the
way a motor-driven vehicle does. For example, going down a hill you would
want to build up speed to make going up the corresponding hill on the next
block easier or even possible; yet, there, at the intersection at the
bottom of the hill, is a STOP sign, forcing you to brake, lose your momentum,
and then strain your way pedalling up the next block...

I find this situation far more of an imposition than the example given
of seeing 1000' all around on flat terrain. That's just more of an
inconvenience, forcing you to stop and then regain your cruising speed,
no big deal on flat ground. 

Will