Rolling Stop
2024-09-11 18:30:24.77026+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Electrek: It turns out cyclists actually should roll through stop signs. Here’s why.
Alvin explained, “The main takeaway from the study is that a rolling stop law allowed people biking to do an action they preferred in treating a stop sign as a yield. And once drivers were educated, intersection interactions between people biking and driving were no more dangerous than before introducing the law.”
The quote says "the study", the article actually links to several studies, though the articles that the link farms are ripping off, like Velo: Of Course a Rolling ‘Idaho Stop’ Is Safer for Cyclists. Here’s Why. and Oregon Public Broadcasting: Allowing rolling stops on bicycles doesn't cause risky road behavior, study finds are referencing Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies Volume 166, September 2024, 104754: Safety relevant driver and bicyclist behaviors resulting from bicycling rolling stops observed in a networked driving and bicycling simulator.
Delaware Yield Crash Data shows a -23% change in bicycle/automobile collisions in the 30 months before and after implementing the rules.
The Idaho Stop Law and the Severity of Bicycle Crashes: A Comparative Study Brandon Whyte, Masters Project 2013 (PDF) didn't find a difference in the number of collisions, but did find a "...significant difference in crash severity".
NHTSA Bicyclist Yield As Stop Fact Sheet (PDF)
I'm trying to find the Tampa Bay study mentioned in the original article, but that led to League of American Bicyclists: Laws To Promote Biking & Walking which mentions a study out of that region that addressed racial disparities in enforcement. Go figure.
Note that the key here seems to be in educating the causes of cyclist injury: Automobile drivers and law enforcment.