Studies continue to show the Idaho stop is safer

I know one red light I used to go through every time- but only in one direction. The intersection was T- shaped, and when going right to left along the top of the T it is impossible to impede traffic or put yourself in danger, thus stopping made no sense (except when pedestrians are present). But that’s an outlier. I certainly always stopped at stop signs when there’s anyone else there, and all other reds. The only time I witnessed a bike get hit, he decided to ignore not just the 4 way stop, but the three of us other cyclists already stopped. The car that hit him was why we were stopped. Lucky for him the car was barely started when he was hit.

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