Idaho law allowing bicyclists to yield at stop signs; precedent for similar laws in other areas
"Idaho Stop" laws in the United States as of May 2023:
No specific law / not legal
Stop sign as yield legal
Stop sign as yield and red light as stop legal
The Idaho stop is the common name for laws that allow bicyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign.[1] It first became law in Idaho in 1982, but was not adopted elsewhere until Delaware adopted a limited stop-as-yield law, the "Delaware Yield", in 2017.[2] Arkansas was the second US state to legalize both stop-as-yield and red-light-as-stop in April 2019. Studies in Delaware and Idaho have shown significant decreases in crashes at stop-controlled intersections. In France and Belgium, some intersections use red-light-as-yield signs.
These exceptions for bicyclists respond to the fact that traffic light sensors may not recognize cyclists. Similar laws also encourage riders to take safer low-traffic streets instead of faster high-traffic roads.[3]
^Szczepanski, Carolyn (May 18, 2013). "Bike Law University". League of American Bicyclists. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
^"Best Bike Laws in the Country? Check Out Delaware". Bike Law.
^Stromberg, Joseph (May 9, 2014). "Cyclists should be able to roll through stop signs". Vox. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
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