Mark Thorson wrote:

>
>
> I can understand not stopping completely at a stop
> sign, because it takes a lot of energy to get going
> again. I've been thinking about inventing some kind
> of spring-clutch-reverser system for storing the
> energy from braking, so that they could get a fast
> start from a stop.

I will confess to not always stopping at stop signs around here. I am in a rural
area and traffic is usually light, but I do slow down and watch for cars. If
there is a car anywhere near the intersection I stop. I know that the cars often
fail to stop, and I am the one who will get the worst of it. Most of the group
cyclers don't even slow down for Stop signs. A number of them have been hit.