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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC needs revenue. The city should require all bikes that go on roads to register and have a machine readable license plate, so when they speed downhill/blow through stop signs and red lights the city can issue tickets like they do for cars. want to use the road? then obey the law [/quote]

How many bikes do you think are actually exceeding posted speed limits, exactly? [/quote]

every single one that blows through the stop sign at the bottom of a hill near my house, many times a day[/quote]

If you are in DC and they are not failing to yield or exceeding the posted speed limit, then that is legal:

https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-2201.04d

(a) A rider approaching a stop sign may go straight through the intersection or make a turn without stopping; provided, that the rider:

(1) Is travelling at an appropriate speed to reasonably assess and avoid hazards;

(2) Determines there is no immediate hazard; and

(3) Yields the right-of-way to pedestrians and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.[/quote]

The law doesn’t say anything about the speed limit. It says you have to be traveling at a speed appropriate to assessing all hazards. If you don’t stop and you get t-boned or you don’t stop and you plow into a stroller, you’re going to be at fault just like you were before, albeit at fault for a different reason. [/quote]

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