http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt Gale Bernhardt's personal blog on triathlon, mountain biking, road cycling, running, "for women only" stuff, running with a dog and other issues in the endurance sports world. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:28:11 GMT Jive SBS 3.0.8 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-03-20T17:28:11Z http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2009/03/20/do-cars-follow-the-law-and-stop-at-stop-signs <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:f9bcf226-f672-4cef-8cf2-0adb4412febe] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p>A friend forwarded <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn_YRX0x1Pg">this video</a> made by the Iowa Bike Coalition. Note that the Iowa law states:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>Stop at the marked stop line or</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p><strong><u>before</u></strong> entering the crosswalk or</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p><strong><u>before</u></strong> your vehicle enters the intersection. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> &nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>Bicycle riders often get a bad rap &ndash; are motorists really any better?&nbsp; </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:f9bcf226-f672-4cef-8cf2-0adb4412febe] --> bicycles_stopping_at_stop_signs cars_not_stopping Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:29:44 GMT Gale Bernhardt http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/2009/03/20/do-cars-follow-the-law-and-stop-at-stop-signs 2009-03-20T17:29:44Z 8 months, 1 week ago 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/comment/do-cars-follow-the-law-and-stop-at-stop-signs http://community.active.com/blogs/GaleBernhardt/feeds/comments?blogPost=13037