Montreal, which doesn’t allow cars to turn right on red, thinks cyclists should
MONTREAL — Vehicles can’t turn right on red on the Island of Montreal but if the Plante administration has its way, cyclists would get the green light to do so.
It is one of various proposed amendments by Montreal lawmakers to Quebec’s Highway Safety Code, which is currently being reworked at the legislature for the first time since 1986.
City officials recently outlined a number of would-be changes to the province’s plan, including the right-turn option and rolling stops at stop signs.
Treating a stop sign as a yield — known as an Idaho stop — would require cyclists to slow down and yield to others at the intersection, but permit them to continue without coming to a full stop. The measure is used elsewhere, including some European cities.