| Re: Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle!
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Bob Newman wrote:
> Florida have had police crack downs in the past giving cyclists tickets for
> not stopping, as you say "cyclists are subject to the same traffic laws as
> anyone else". That is not quite true in this case, cyclists are required to
> do more! Simply stopping at a stop sign can still get you a ticket IF you
> fail to put one foot fully on the ground. Comments?
That seems silly and pecksnifian. For a well-balanced rider and bicycle,
It's perfectly possible to come to the kind of complete and adequate stop
that a stop sign requires without putting a foot fully on the ground.
-Stern
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