Comment 87103

By cyclist (anonymous) | Posted March 07, 2013 at 17:03:26

There is a serious double standard at work here. When I come to a complete stop, I piss more people off than when I just slow down at stop signs. When I come to a complete stop, the person behind me has to wait longer, and if there is cross traffic approaching, their wait is lengthened too.

If there is a car behind me, I actually feel more threatened by coming to a stop than I do by slowing a bit and proceeding when safe. When I come to a stop, motorists ride right up onto my "bumper", or they swing way out and do a rolling stop around me. This often accompanied by aggressive engine revving, serving to notify me that I shouldn't have the gall to hold them up for 5 seconds.

Motorists say "cyclists should stop at signs" with their mouths, but their actions indicate otherwise.

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