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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Bikes also lose momentum and the rider sometimes has to step off and place a foot down at a stop. This causes the bike to have a very slow start once it needs to get going again which impedes the flow of traffic or can be a safety problem.

This is probably my bias because my seat is too high for my feet to touch the ground so it makes me very unstable when I reach a stop, especially when clipped in and then frantically trying to clip back into my pedal when I try to get going again after a stop sign.

As a pretty avid cyclist I can say that that kind of reasoning (that you do not have the cycling skills/confidence to properly/safely obey all of the signs) should never be used in an argument about why rules can/should apply differently to cyclists than motorists. I'm not trying to be a dick, but if you can't confidently come to a stable stop, and then clp back into your pedals in a timely manner, then you either need a differnt bike that fits you, or you need a lot more practice.

Think about it. What would you say if someone on a motorbike said "I'm not very good at stopping so I'm gonna roll through the stop sign"?
Or if someone driving said "I'm not really good at getting started when driving a stick, so I'm gonna roll through a stop sign".

There definitely seems to be some merit to being able to roll through, but "I'm not comfortable stopping and getting started again" is the kind of argument that makes motorists hate cyclists.