now honestly, do you come to a COMPLETE stop at a stop sign?

[nickel]

or do you kinda slowly roooooooll through it?
i just got pulled over on the way home from work and thought it was for going 10 miles over the speed limit, which i usually consider safe to do, but it was for not stopping completely at a stop sign. :|

so as i am leaving, with just a reprimand thank you, i watch to see 3 vehicles in front of me at the next stop sign not come to a complete stop and just kinda roll out. i wonder if there are more roll outters or more complete stoppers?

[cheapie]

are you kidding me? mebbe 1/90 times do i stop all the way if there's no traffic.

[OC]

I usually do. I definitely do if it's not safe to make the turn - traffic, blind turn, etc - , which is more than a lot of people can say.

[DaFunkyUnit]

so as i am leaving, with just a reprimand thank you...

so did you turn up the "hotness" and unbuttoned the top 2 buttons?

honestly, girls have it easy....

[TERRIBLETOM]

I always do, I think it comes from riding a motorcycle.

[nickel]

so did you turn up the "hotness" and unbuttoned the top 2 buttons?

honestly, girls have it easy....
i was in my work uniform, which is not very becoming.
the cop asked me if i knew why he had pulled me over and i said, "because i was going 10 miles over the speed limit?" he said, "yes, you were, but i stopped you for not coming to a complete stop at that stop sign. did you realize you did that?"
i said, "no, i didn't realize that. i am so sorry."
he said, "it's not a big deal, just get in the squad car and do me and we can forget about it."

ok, the last part never was said except he did say, "it's not a big deal." :P

but i really didn't do anything special to get just a reprimand.

[InfiniteNothing]

In California, there's a subtle 1st gear rule.

[GracieBayb]

that's like asking "do you stop and look when an ugly girl/guy passes by"

most of the time no, if they're particularly ugly, i might stop to point and laugh - just kidding

[johnnymk]

Only if I see a cop nearby

[nickel]

Only if I see a cop nearby
ahhhh, but that's the thing. they hide and you don't always see them. i didn't see this guy watching me.

[Kevster]

I usually do. I have been stopped for it more than once (wrongly, I might add) and every time I was able to sucessfully argue that I did come to a complete stop. Both times I was stopped for it by a police officer, they were about 60-80 yards away and in twilight conditions. The best part of my argument for one was when he asked if I came to a compete stop and I replied, "Of course I did, because I see you guys pull people over all the time here for just that thing." I also asked him how he could see how I stopped when he could judge that I had not come to a complete stop when he was looking at my car head-on from about 80 yards away and in failing light. He couldn't answer me that one. Seeing how I was going to make him look when I got in front of a judge with this, he let me go with a request to watch my speed. :D

[ski]

I would have thought this woulda been moved to the Auto/Transportation forum pronto :eek:

I always stop completely at stop signs. In my neighborhood, the stop signs aren't regulation size, nor are the speed limit signs they put up, so I take them as "suggestions"

[Jcranmer]

Can't say I have ever been pulled over for that. I do it, but not that often, and only out in the country where there isn't any traffic as far as the eye can see.

[brainsmile]

if I'm with my wife I always do. Otherwise about 50% of the time

[usedillusion]

depends on time of day and the area i'm in. if it's city driving, many cars, especially cabs, have a habit of gliding right through them. a friend and i were hit by a cab that did this, so i'm especially cautious in the city since then.

other than that, i stop just enough to where it's arguable if pulled over :P

[DankNstickY]

I would have thought this woulda been moved to the Auto/Transportation forum pronto

yea thats what i was thinking

[whitak24]

usually, but it depends on the area. if i'm out in BFE and i know the area, and there's no traffic (with a clear line of sight), i'm likely to kind of roll through. in town, with no traffic, i come to the "almost stop", and then go.

[Nija]

I'm really paranoid about it, so I stop about 95% of the time. I can't say I do it all the time, but a majority of the time would be an understatement. I just can't help it. I've seen too many people get into accidents by this simple task.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Yes, I always stop, and most of my driving is on desolate country roads. I also obey all other traffic laws, including using my turn signals even when there isn't another car between me and the horizon.

20 years ago I was a very poor inattentive driver and got busted a lot. So now I just follow the laws out of habit in the middle of nowhere so I don't have to worry about it when I'm in a more populated area.

[hoey222]

...if it has a white border around it, it's optional......


i usually come to a complete stop...depends on when and where it is....2am and i'm the only one on the road....when i can see NO headlights for miles....i might roll a little

[Ladogaboy]

Yes. I stop all the time. Starting up again is the funnest part. ;)

[Jane83]

i always do a complete stop at the corner where i got my first stop sign ticket

[Memo]

I always do. In my hometown the cops love to bust you if you don't come to a complete stop, so it's a habit that stuck.

[Johnnymac]

I do most of the time. We have one in my neighborhood and people run it all the time. It pisses me off b/c we have little kids all over the place.

[zippyjuan]

Do I have to put my foot on the ground or can I balance on my bicycle pedals? In Colorado they refer to not completely stopping as a "California Stop".

[AlpineJay]

Only when a cop is watching me and when the intersection obviously looks dangerous.

[Hypnotist]

Break the law... MOI? :D

[Bires]

In Vegas, you kinda have to to avoid the Californians that are rolling through the stop signs. ;)

[Burzhui]

never!

[oblongmelon]

most of the time, unless there is absolutely NO CARS whatsoever coming in any direction.

[DarkFury]

Most of the time I do..

BTW.. don't be shocked if this thread doesn't make a swift "detour" to the Automotive section. :D

[Grubbie]

Most of the time if I am around my city yes, just slam the brakes hard :D. My stepdad got a ticekt for it, and I know the cops in my hometown will give a ticket for ANYTHING. So I always make a complete stop if I am in an area where a cop could be.

[nate el bueno]

i just finished drivers ed. if u dont stop u fail. now i can rol through!

[WhiskeyPapa]

I just about got smoked at an intersection this morning on my way to work. This guy didn't even slow down and just blew threw the stop sign right as I was about to make a left turn. He laid on his horn all the way through the intersection and I could see he was swearing up a storm as he went past.

I can only hope he goes through that intersection later in the full daylight and feels like an idiot when he sees there is a stop sign.

[Jeffbx]

Hahahaha! I'm ashamed to admit I've done that before.... I was coming up to a T on a side road, and visibility was pretty bad (kind of a foggy rain). I assumed I had the right of way since the road I was on went straight through, but actually the person TURNING had the right of way, and there was a stop sign that I totally blew through. I wondered why the guy at the turn was giving me such a dirty look until I saw the back of the stop sign in my mirror.

I felt pretty stupid about that.

[bachviet]

I do complete stops most of the time.