yeah, Idaho stop – the way I do it, anyway-- doesn’t mean that you get to take the right-of-way. it means that you can treat stop signs as yields if you can do it safely. so, pedestrians always have the right-of-way. but if I can just slow down, let them go, and then pass behind them before I come to a complete stop, everyone wins. so that’s what I do, car or ped. but if not, I dismount.
but if there’s nobody around, foot or car, and I can see that, I coast while I’m determining this, then gun it on through.
when I’m driving, I just come to a stop. I’m able to go so fast comparatively, and without any physical exertion, I don’t care about stopping. I don’t need to conserve momentum, the car just gives me momentum for free*. and I can’t see or hear anything compared with on a bike, so I want to stop anyway.
*cost of gasoline, it’s ecological impact, and political impact of the wars used to secure it notwithstanding. which is why I prefer to bike.
