Paris as first major city to pass the law!

From systematicfailure.wordpress.com

You’ve heard of the Idaho Stop Sign Law? Well, get ready for the Paris Red Light law:

Parisian cyclists have won the right to go through red lights following a fierce debate over their claim that the move would reduce the risk of road accidents. A three-year campaign by cyclists’ associations — which say it is idiotic for them to stop at traffic lights — bore fruit when the Government published a decree authorising councils to change the rules.

Paris will be among the first major cities to try out the new system after councillors approved a plan to allow bicycles to turn right or to go straight at a T-junction even when the lights are red.

Thousands of cyclists are fined in the city every year for failing to stop at “un feu rouge”.