Madison Police are cracking down on bicyclists who break traffic laws. A traffic sting last week netted ten bicyclists for running red lights. Seven more are planned in four-hour blocks for the next two months.
The issue had us wondering, how well do bikers and drivers follow basic rules of the road.
We picked a four-way stop that saw heavy traffic and counted. The findings weren’t surprising. Whether four wheels or two, we are bad about stopping at stop signs.
It was one intersection, for one hour, on one day, but it could be anywhere.
“I haven’t seen any that have come close to a complete stop yet,” said DOT state program manager Larry Corsi shortly after staking out the intersection of Linden and Babcock on the UW-Madison campus with 27 News.