What is an: "Idaho Stop" ?

[RicInOR]

"Idaho Stop"

I take from the context it is equivalent to 'California Stop'; that is rolling thru a stop sign.


I had never heard of it before.

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[v0lcom13sn0w]

its probably where you get stopped and then 30min later after showin the nice officer your gun, talkin bout how it shoots and your preferred ammo and havin him drool over it he lets u go with a nice warning

 

[Stomper]

It could also be when you're a rancher trying to get your injured prize bull off the roads at night and a couple of deputies shoot you to death....

 

[that guy]

Idaho stop - Wikipedia

The Idaho stop is the common name for a law that allows cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign.

 

[RicInOR]

So, is that a thing in Idaho?



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Should bicyclists always halt at stop signs and wait at lights? Study says no

 

[IronMonster]

See, it is a thing only we don't have "cyclists". Like in Portland and Seattle. We have guys riding bikes who for the most part know cars are just trying to run them over and act like human beings.

I have seen way to many "cyclists" in Seattle that simply don't think any rule applies to them and get pissy when cars dare to use "their" road

 

[albin25]

I have seen way to many "cyclists" in Seattle that simply don't think any rule applies to them and get pissy when cars dare to use "their" road

That's probably simply because they are un-able to remember the rules and laws...
...I think it's because those Seattle cyclists are suffering from severe brain damage caused by their tight bike-shorts cutting off the oxygen supply to their brains.

 

[Papercidal]

In Idaho if you see a adult on a bicycle he has a damn good reason to be on it (usually dui related reasons).

 

[partsed]

So, is that a thing in Idaho?



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Should bicyclists always halt at stop signs and wait at lights? Study says no

Everyone needs a spandex clad hood ornament...... Didn't the city of Portland say the same thing about cyclists??

 

[Slobray]

See, it is a thing only we don't have "cyclists". Like in Portland and Seattle. We have guys riding bikes who for the most part know cars are just trying to run them over and act like human beings.

I have seen way to many "cyclists" in Seattle that simply don't think any rule applies to them and get pissy when cars dare to use "their" road

^^^This, but it's not only Seattle. I've almost ran over more than a few down here in the South Sound, they just blow through all stop signs and lights. They're a menace.


Ray

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I was taught that a bicycle needs to follow all the rules of the road , just like a car.
Sure wish more folks would remember that when riding bicycles.
Andy

 

[Camelfilter]

I was taught that a bicycle needs to follow all the rules of the road , just like a car.
Sure wish more folks would remember that when riding bicycles.
Andy

Huge peave of mine, this!

I cycle commuted for years back East from the suburbs thru Boston to the Longwood Medical area Brookline. At night, on the way in. Some years all year long including thru blizzards & on ice, fun practice with studded cycle tires that.

-Around here in Salem, there are a few transportational cyclist that know what they're doing. Most cyclist I see though don't have a clue, either homeless/druggie types who don't give a crap, or folks who may give a crap, but probably have never driven a car.

The folks who may give a crap, but don't know any better, I feel sorry for. Because they will get hit.

It's really not too hard to cycle, go with the flow, be courteous, yield when/if you can, take the lane if you have too (this really bugs some drivers &...unnecessarily so). Do not cycle on a sidewalk, ever, unless your a child out learning how to cycle with your folks and you can only go walking speed. Any faster and you should be in the street, or you'll be hit by traffic entering from driveways.

 

[mjbskwim]

Actually the true definition is when you are cruising down the road and you see game animals. ANY game animals .
And you stop to put the glass on them.

 

[teflon6string]

Just guessing (before seeing the definition above), I was thinking about something like a controlled slow roll through a stop sign in the snow/ice.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

In Idaho if you see a adult on a bicycle he has a damn good reason to be on it (usually dui related reasons).

No
There's riders all over the Boise area. Regular working folks. I know a orthodontist that rises to work daily. 15 miles one way to one of his offices.