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I was looking for another non controversial question so I was glad a reader requested this one…
OK earlier in the week the Washington Post reported:
“A proposal before the D.C. Council would permit bicyclists to yield instead of stopping at stop signs and red lights – when safe – without getting ticketed.”
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act (PDF)
Interestingly the OP’s partner who is a cyclist “thinks that it’s too ambiguous. He thinks it relies too much on personal judgment and he doesn’t trust communication to be made by the appropriate people as to when its applicable and when it isn’t (proposal I think at it stands is only for small, less congested and less traveled intersections.)”
What do you guys think? Does it have a chance? Should it?