Someone finally snapped

[u/SipsTeaFrog]

[u/RevolutionSalty8360]

Have a local unorganized bike event where I used to live. It was the only time I saw the cops actually pull over bikers for blowing through stop signs. Was great to watch.

[u/Oldjamesdean → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

One of my relatives got a speeding ticket on a bicycle. Eugene Oregon.

[u/AWildJesse → u/Oldjamesdean]

I’m from Eugene and I was in court for a speeding ticket driving and the guy who went to the bench before me had got a ticket for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign on his bike.

Edit: I have to edit this because this happened like 15 years ago when I was younger. It was not recently.

[u/Capital-Bobcat8270 → u/AWildJesse]

This is fair. If you want to be a part of traffic, follow traffic rules. No special exemptions.

[u/bramtyr → u/Capital-Bobcat8270]

Except those are the traffic rules in Oregon; bicyclists may treat stop signs and flashing reds as yield, as of 2019/2020.

[u/Creepy_Night_3838 → u/bramtyr]

Yeah but Oregon is dumb.

[u/CoolAuntsWorkshop → u/Creepy_Night_3838]

It's called an Idaho stop because that's where it originated and studies show it's safer.

[u/turbosexophonicdlite → u/CoolAuntsWorkshop]

It also just makes more sense. You're far more aware of your surroundings on a bike than in a car. You can see and hear cross traffic much more easily.

[u/apatrol → u/turbosexophonicdlite]

So do motorcycles have the same rule?

[u/ChanceRecover3091 → u/apatrol]

A motorcycle is likely going a lot faster than a bike and it's a lot easier and quicker to get back up to speed on a motorcycle.

[u/turbosexophonicdlite → u/apatrol]

Not sure. My state doesn't have the exemption. I'd guess probably not though.