English Explanatory Dictionary

Idaho stop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation, legal in certain jurisdictions, where a cyclist treats a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Idaho stop Idaho stops

Etymology

In reference to the US state of Idaho, where this law originated in 1982.

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