Quote Originally Posted by Eden
Absolutely - check your own state. The code I posted is for Washington. In Oregon you can get a ticket for not using bike lanes or paths when they are available. In Idaho you are allowed to only slow for stop signs (and I think even red lights) without stopping or putting a foot down. It can be significantly different depending on your area.
True, we Idahoans can slow for stop signs, but I don't. I stop. I figure if I am to be treated as the slow moving vehicle I am, obeying traffic laws, I am not going to just slow for a stop sign. I don't want to confuse the cars around me and appear to be just another ignorant cyclist with not a care for traffic laws. Besides, I just don't feel safe NOT stopping. Overly cautious? Perhaps, but I would rather live to ride another day.