| Re: Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle!
>> Bob Newman wrote:
>>> Too many to read every reply, I hope this wasn't touched on. We here in
>>> 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?
> John David Galt wrote:
>> Sounds like the usual over-enforcement directed at auto drivers, where the
>> cop says you "didn't stop" if you didn't wait 5 seconds before proceeding.
>> The law needs to recognize that when your car rocks back on its springs,
>> you've stopped.
Bob Newman wrote:
> It is not overzealous. It has been taken to court. That is the way the
> law reads.
Not around here or in any state I've looked up, it doesn't. Neither "5
seconds" nor "one foot on the ground" is mentioned. The statute as written
merely requires a complete stop.
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