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   governor.swill@gmail.com wrote:   
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   > All you biking assholes who put cars on road diets thought you'd get away   
   with it.   
   > Fuck you.  Laws apply to everyone including you bastards.   
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   Supervisor Malia Cohen voted Monday against legislation that   
   would allow bicycles to roll through stop signs in The City,   
   likely dooming the proposal.   
      
   Supervisor John Avalos, who proposed the law, had suggested   
   Cohen was an instrumental vote to ensure Mayor Ed Lee could not   
   succeed in vetoing the bill. The mayor has already said he   
   would, and it takes eight of the Board’s 11 votes to override a   
   veto.   
      
   Supervisor Scott Wiener and Avalos voted to support the   
   legislation at Monday’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors Land   
   Use and Economic Development Committee, which is chaired by   
   Cohen. The full board is scheduled to vote on the item Dec. 15.   
      
   “I have real concerns about this ordinance,” Cohen said before   
   taking her vote. “I am concerned that will it confuse the issue   
   and create even greater misunderstanding between cyclists,   
   drivers and pedestrians.”   
      
   She added that the law would “come at a high cost to   
   pedestrians, disabled and seniors, so I will not be supporting   
   this ordinance today.”   
      
   Avalos’ proposal is a nod to a similar law in the state of   
   Idaho, which allows bicyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield   
   sign, if there are no cars or bikes in the vicinity.   
      
   Cohen’s criticism of the proposal echoed the position recently   
   taken by the Mayor’s Disability Council.   
      
   Supporters of the legislation say police should focus resources   
   on more dangerous behavior than bicyclists who roll through   
   stops signs. Rolling through stop signs would also improve   
   traffic flow and encourage more bicycling, supporters say.   
      
   Under the proposal, bicyclists would have to slow to a safe   
   speed of under six miles per hour and yield the right-­of­-way   
   to any other vehicle or pedestrian in the intersection.   
      
   The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition strongly supports the   
   measure, while Police Chief Greg Suhr opposes it.   
      
   Board President London Breed is one of the six supervisors who   
   supports the proposal. “I think he’s wrong,” Breed said in   
   reference to the mayor’s plan to veto the bill. “This is   
   something that we need to do.”   
      
   The proposal was introduced when bicyclists were targeted over   
   the summer by Park Station Capt. John Sanford, who increased   
   ticketing cyclists rolling through stop signs along the   
   Panhandle.   
      
   Cohen said she “would be interested” in a pilot program “in one   
   of the most highly trafficked bike corridors.”   
      
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