07-08-2015, 12:20 AM
(07-07-2015, 01:21 PM)plam Wrote:(07-07-2015, 01:15 PM)ookpik Wrote: That's hardly a good reason to go soft on cyclists who blow through STOP signs. It's either legal or it's not. If it should be legal but isn't then change the legislation as has been discussed already above.
A bit of a digression but I've seen cars blow through STOP signs in the Uptown West part of old Waterloo on several occasions. The reason why it happens is because intersection are inconsistent. Some are 4-way STOPs, others are 2-way STOPs and others still have no STOP signs at all. As a result it's easy for inattentive drivers to miss a STOP sign. A better solution IMO would be to get rid of most of these STOP signs altogether. That would encourage everyone to slow down and to look in all directions before crossing any of these intersections.
Which BTW brings up another difference between car drivers and cyclists at STOP signs. The former almost always blow through them due to inattention while the latter almost always do it deliberately.
I think the law should be changed: if everyone really isn't respecting the law, it's a bad law. However, it's difficult to change laws.
It's easier to remove bad signs. Yes, there are probably too many STOP signs. Yield signs are rare and should be more common. There is actually one on Elgin Crescent and Brighton. It looks weird because it has very few friends.
Iroquois and Longfellow has the only yield sign I ever notice.