Ticketed for running stop signs

[MartianDestiny]

I know some places (notably San Francisco, California) where they make it a point that a cyclist MUST touch a foot down to be stopped. And cyclists do get ticketed for trackstanding at stop signs or red lights. I don't know if this is written clearly into the laws or if it has been the interpretation thereof though.

Personally I find this ridiculous (do drivers have to open their car doors and put their foot down to prove they aren't moving?).

I've never had a problem doing short trackstands when the intersection is clear. I'm not good enough yet to trackstand when there is traffic so I just throw a foot down anyway. Of course after 2 years in California I do tend to throw a foot down flat if I see a cop before I stop, just to be sure.

Heck, I've had cops try to wave me through stop signs that I have not completely stopped for yet! I didn't fall for that one, trap or not. I had no desire for a federal jurisdiction ticket (it was a military base).

[hipmama]

I put a foot down and count to three for a stop sign. Traffic light, foot down and wait for green. If I'm turning right at a stop, I have been known to slow coast, pause, and roll right- if it's a wide bike lane that I'm rolling into.