05-29-2016, 11:51 AM
The "may or may not stop" is the problem - the ambiguity. A cyclist will not feel safe if they do not know if a motorist will stop or not. A motorist may feel unsure about what they're supposed to do. Signage needs to be improved to make it very clear who is supposed to yield to who. Right now, all the Spur Line crossings are ambiguous, although the stop sign on the trail would suggest that vehicular traffic still has the right of way. But motorists seeing the "Crossing" sign ahead may interpret that as "I should yield to the cyclist I see waiting there." But the motorist coming the other way may not interpret it the same way, and then you have a cyclist under a car.