I'm not familiar with the Oregon law, but as someone who used to ride a bike in the city, I can say there are circumstances where it's safer if you don't stop. Let's say you're on an uphill grade, pumping along at 5-10 miles an hour. You're practically stopped anyway, and you come to an intersection with a stop sign. You can see that there's plenty of time to make it across IF YOU DON"T STOP, but if you stop you're going to have a heckuva time getting across the street before a car comes.
Bicycles take a long time to accelerate, and a bicycler usually has a better view of traffic than a car because he's sitting up high and moving relatively slow.
What IS incredibly dangerous, and most motorists have no problem with it, is bikes riding on sidewalks. Good way to get nailed by a car coming out of driveway.
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