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In a 4-3 vote, Steamboat Springs City Council voted Tuesday to implement the bicycle safety stop, which would allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stop lights as stop signs when there are no cars in an intersection.
The idea was first presented to council by Routt County Riders and Bicycle Colorado in January. The two groups presented data from the state of Idaho and other Colorado communities that have implemented the law and seen decreases in crashes between cars and bicyclists.
“We’re talking about something that increases safety for cyclists and commuters around town,” said Laraine Martin, Routt County Riders executive director. “I think sometimes there’s a bit of confusion about whether this is something we think of as the convenience rolling stop.”
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