Idaho Stop law hearing

For those of you who don\'t know about the Idaho stop law it allows bicycle operators to enter a stop-sign controlled intersection without stopping when safe, and once they’ve yielded to all other traffic. Transportation planners and law enforcement officials from Idaho say that this law has been on the books there since the 1980s without incident.

Read more to find out about Portland\'s struggle for the same law.

Live from Salem at the Idaho Stop law hearing: <a href="http://bikeportland.org/2009/03/18/live-from-salem-the-idaho-stop-law-hearing/">http://bikeportland.org/2009/03/18/live-from-salem-the-idaho-stop-law-hearing/</a>;
Local media releases hounds on Idaho Stop law: <a href="http://bikeportland.org/2009/03/18/the-oregonian-takes-low-blow-at-idaho-stop-law/">http://bikeportland.org/2009/03/18/the-oregonian-takes-low-blow-at-idaho-stop-law/</a>;