[shkkmo]

> Bicyclists can injure pedestrians. Bicyclists can kill pedestrians.

So can lightning and banana peels. Are you arguing that bicycles are as deadly as cars?

>How exactly does making bicyclists follow the laws of the road make things more dangerous?

From the article: > If the Idaho stop were legalized, it'd get cyclists off these faster streets and funnel the bikes on to safer, slower roads. The Idaho stop, if legalized and widely adopted, would also make bikes more predictable.

[aroch]

>From the article: > If the Idaho stop were legalized, it'd get cyclists off these faster streets and funnel the bikes on to safer, slower roads. The Idaho stop, if legalized and widely adopted, would also make bikes more predictable.

This is bullshit and speculation. You really think it'd get bicyclists to take the small streets? It won't. They use the "big streets" because they're the most efficient, they don't give a shit about road laws regardless of the size of the street.

[shkkmo]

> You really think it'd get bicyclists to take the small streets?

Yes, as I bicyclist who doesn't own a car, I do think that. I take back/small streets wherever the stop sign density is low enough (long blocks, lots of two way stops) and doesn't take me off course. It is far more safe and relaxing than blocking a lane of traffic on a high volume road.

> They use the "big streets" because they're the most efficient,

To a certain degree, yes. But that efficiency has a lot to do with having to stop at stop signs.

> they don't give a shit about road laws regardless of the size of the street.

Now you are just over-generalizing and projecting.