Re: “” Jan. 26 news story.
It was great to see your article about the proposed “safety stop” bill, which will make cycling safer in Colorado. What this really does is make safe-cycling practices legal. As is, stop signs and stoplights present cyclists with a dilemma: do the safe thing and risk a citation, or do the legal thing with a higher degree of danger. For example, crossing intersections solo, with room to navigate around road hazards, is safer than being squeezed by cars into a narrow, dangerous space as you cross. Legal compliance often forces us to ride through gravel, glass, pot holes, cracks, or other hazards that could safely be avoided by a scofflaw.
Regarding stop signs, unless a driver brings their car to a complete stop, 100 percent of the time, and their etiquette at four-way stop signs is always perfect, any angst directed toward “stop sign scofflaw cyclists” is hypocrisy.
Michael R. Collier, Denver
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