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I guess I'm not against the Idaho stop. I don't mean to be militant and say YOUMUSTSTOP. If you think it works for you, go for it, get it passed and see what happens and let me know.

I think the LAW of stop means stop is safer, better for the masses. Having fought many, many battles - I think the practical hairs on my neck stand up at the thought of trying to SELL this to lawmakers when we have SO much trouble selling other, easier stuff... I'm sure that colors my thinking about the whole topic...

Good Luck! I've got 27 police reports, photos, etc from Ohio's fatal crashes for 2009 & 2010 to look at. I've been through the 2010 reports so far. We'll see what 2009 brings and I'll let you know how Ohio shakes out.

We had 2 deadly crashes at bike trail/road intersections in 2010. These were "failure to stop" related. Not the burbs, not the city, but way out in the country, where serene bike path meets 45mph 2 lane country road. Lots of signage, warnings, big stop signs - warnings for the cars that the bike trail was nearby - nice sunny days, and two killed or failing to stop and look and SEE the humongous vehicles coming...

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