Randy,

 

Are you saying you completely ignore Stop signs? Shame on you! J

 

Nah! While we tend to read STOP as YIELD (legally not correct but neither is a rolling stop), we’re prepared to stop if something’s coming. To be hit twice at the same intersection means this guy, for whatever reason, was ignoring the sign completely.

 

Glad to see CKPS eventually issued the ticket to add insult to his bruised ego!

 

James.

 

 

 

 

 

Cyclist struck after running stop sign

 

Shortly after 6:00 p.m. yesterday, a man riding a bicycle failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Selkirk Street and Elizabeth Avenue in Chatham. While in the intersection, he was struck by a vehicle that did not face a stop sign (this intersection is a two-way stop – vehicles travelling Selkirk have to stop but vehicles travelling on Elizabeth do not). The cyclist was not injured.

The cyclist, a 29-year-old Chatham man has been charged with failing to stop for a stop sign.

The investigation revealed that the same cyclist had been struck by a motorcycle at the same intersection on July 26, 2010. He attended the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance to be treated for minor injuries. On that day, he was charged with failing to stop for police to identify himself.

The Chatham-Kent Police reminds all cyclists that the Highway Traffic Act defines a bicycle as a vehicle. Cyclists are therefore required to obey all traffic laws just as drivers do.