New law allows Colorado cities to adopt new intersection rules for cyclists

Cars and bikes sharing the road isn’t always the smoothest relationships on the street, but a new Colorado law could make our bike-friendly state a little friendlier.

Colorado passed a law in May allowing cities to adopt an “Idaho Stop” for cyclists.

It’s like a California Roll for cars, bikes would treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs.

Nic Ponsor, President and Owner of Criterium Bikes, has some concerns with the law, like how to educate everyone on it, and what key terms in the law mean.

“A clear definition of what they mean by rolling stop, or yield, or what exactly constitutes that,” Ponsor said.

But he sees positives too in the law.

“Make it easier for cyclists to save a little time on their commute if they’re choosing to commute by bike or save some time in their workout,” Ponsor said.

In order for the law to become reality in a city like Colorado Springs, the city council would have to adopt the Idaho Stop law.