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Idaho stop law lets cyclists treat stop signs as yields, presenter says
Summary
A presenter summarized the Idaho stop law, explaining cyclists’ responsibilities at stop signs and red lights, the law’s stated safety benefits, and early data from states that have adopted similar rules.
Presenter explained a traffic rule known as the Idaho stop law that allows bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and, in some cases, red lights as stop signs.
The presenter said the law — modeled after a statute first passed in Idaho in the 1980s — requires bicyclists at a stop sign to confirm no other traffic, including pedestrians, must be yielded to before rolling through; at…
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