My friend's wife is taking her road test tomorrow. We were chatting about the proper/legal way to stop at a stop sign.

I thought the law stated both feet planted on the ground for 3 seconds. But she was taught in her course that you should NEVER plant both feet, you should only touch with one foot.

What do others say? Anyone know for sure. We live in Alberta.

 

In the course your taught to not plant both feet. 1 foot with the bike in 1st that way if somebody comes up from behind, you can get the hell out of the way.

 

Same thing taught here at BMC...1 foot stays on brake, bike should be in 1st before stopped.

 

the law may vary from state to state..... or uh, country to country. Im rarely put just 1 foot down... maybe I should start!

 

You mean your supposed to put your foot down at a stop sign? I almost never come to a complete stop.

 

What course is teaching folks to keep a foot on the pegs at stop? I'm an MSF instructor and I say hogwash. Both feet down, bike in 1st gear, clutch in, cover the front brake.

 

That's how I was taught at my MSF class.

 

How? One foot down or both down?

 

What do your feet have to do with getting out of the way? You only need your hands for that.

 

Bee doing that since I started riding. Believe that was taught to me in course we took back in 1988 and I didn't start riding until 2001.