Lilacs4Me
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2015
We have a debate going on right now in our town:
There is a bike/jogger bikepath that crosses the road right in the middle of a 40 mph street. No stoplight, no corner, not at an intersection. Literally in the middle of a stretch of road.
The bikepath has actual street legal stop signs for the pedestrians/bikers/joggers to stop at. The 40 mph road does not have stop signs, yield signs, or lights.
Recently, the town added a small median in the middle of the 4 lane road, and huge pedestrian-crossing signs that have blinking yellow lights when a person pushes the button on the side oF the road (the button is on the pole of the stop signs).
People in cars on the 40 mph road are constantly slamming on their brakes to stop to let bikers and runners cross. I have been a witness to an accident by people doing this, plus countless near misses, not to mention that the one driver that stops in the middle of the 40 mph road assumes the other three lanes will stop too, I guess?
The runners/bikers are very good about stopping at their stop signs and waiting....it's the drivers in the cars who I think the problem is.
Some people here think that pedestrians and bikers always have the right of way, others say bikers have to follow the rules of the road (which in this case would be to stop at your stop sign, then proceed when clear, correct?) but that walkers/joggers should expect all traffic should stop for them to cross.
I want Disser's opinions! Who is right? We are in IL, if that matters.
There is a bike/jogger bikepath that crosses the road right in the middle of a 40 mph street. No stoplight, no corner, not at an intersection. Literally in the middle of a stretch of road.
The bikepath has actual street legal stop signs for the pedestrians/bikers/joggers to stop at. The 40 mph road does not have stop signs, yield signs, or lights.
Recently, the town added a small median in the middle of the 4 lane road, and huge pedestrian-crossing signs that have blinking yellow lights when a person pushes the button on the side oF the road (the button is on the pole of the stop signs).
People in cars on the 40 mph road are constantly slamming on their brakes to stop to let bikers and runners cross. I have been a witness to an accident by people doing this, plus countless near misses, not to mention that the one driver that stops in the middle of the 40 mph road assumes the other three lanes will stop too, I guess?
The runners/bikers are very good about stopping at their stop signs and waiting....it's the drivers in the cars who I think the problem is.
Some people here think that pedestrians and bikers always have the right of way, others say bikers have to follow the rules of the road (which in this case would be to stop at your stop sign, then proceed when clear, correct?) but that walkers/joggers should expect all traffic should stop for them to cross.
I want Disser's opinions! Who is right? We are in IL, if that matters.