A proposed law would allow city cyclists to get the jump on cars by going through lights at the pedestrian walk sign instead of waiting for the green.

The bill, introduced by Councilman Carlos Menchaca, would allow cyclists to ignore the red-yellow-green of stop lights and instead get a few-second head start at the more than 1,400 intersections that have “leading pedestrian interval” — when the walk signal comes first.

The bill, which has six council member sponsors including Antonio Reynoso, Brad Lander, and Steve Levin, is aimed at making streets safer for cyclists by allowing them to get out in front of cars where drivers can see them.

“This lets the cars see that there are bicycles there so they can cross the intersection safely,” said Menchaca.

Bike advocates say new rules for cyclists are sorely needed in the city.

“The number one place where crashes occur is at intersections where drivers are making a turn into the path where the cyclist is going straight,” said bike advocate Doug Gordon. “A few seconds head start to get in front of the drivers will keep cyclists safe.”

The proposal comes as cyclist injures and deaths have increased during Mayor deBlasio’s Vision Zero plan. There have been 17 cyclist fatalities from Jan. 1 through the end of September of this year, a 31 percent increase from 13 during the same period in 2015.

Not everyone is happy about the proposal. Some car drivers say that it will cause bicyclists to feel even more entitled.

“The bikes are more of a danger than the cars, and they already aren’t obeying the rules,” said Seth Kaufman, who lives on 79th Street near Amsterdam Avenue. “They are already clogging up the roads, and this will make it worse.”

Menchaca said he believes the bill would actually curb congestion and make it easier for cars and bikes to co-exist on city streets.

“Right now you have bottlenecks at intersections because you have so many cyclists lined up waiting for the light,” he said.

A bill that proposed a wider scope of cyclist freedoms – including the Idaho Stop – for cyclists was introduced last year but has stalled. That would have allowed bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs.

That proposal, which also would have needed state approval, has not yet passed the council.

If the bill passes, it should be able to go through without adding any additional lights at the intersections. Instead, the city might simply add signs saying that bikes are allowed to go first.