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From: hasiuk@spp2.UUCP (Lee Hasiuk)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Running Stop Signs - Do YOU?
Message-ID: <605@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-May-85 16:48:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: spp2.605
Posted: Wed May 22 16:48:59 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 26-May-85 21:10:59 EDT
Reply-To: hasiuk@spp2.UUCP (Lee Hasiuk)
Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach  CA
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Summary: 

References:

How many of you out there regularly run stop signs?  My bet is that most,
if not all of you do, most of the time!  You think I'm crazy, right?

Well, here in CA, a stop sign means that your car comes completely to rest,
behind the limit line (if present).  My guess is that this doesn't vary much 
from state to state. 

A complete stop means that your wheels stop turning.  There is a very
obvious feel to this, quite different than just slowing down until you're
almost stopped.

Well, I'm willing to admit that I, like 99.9999% of the other drivers that
I've seen on the road (and I've been in many different cities around the 
country), don't completely stop.  I know that I do this, though, so one
_day_ I decided that I was going to really stop (behind the line, too).
One car that was following me crossed a double line, and ran a stop sign
to get away from me.  Another one drove on the sidewalk to pass me on the
right at a stop sign which he also ran.  Someone I know always stops, and
was once rear-ended.  The driver of the other car said, "I didn't expect
you to stop!"

What I want to know is: how many of you in net-land ALWAYS stop?  I don't
mean only when there's a car coming the other way, or when there's a lot of
traffic; I mean ALWAYS, COMPLETELY, BEHIND THE LINE (an infrequent mistake
is OK, but you should be cognizant of the fact that a mistake was made).

Remember, I only want to hear from those who stop.  I'll summarize if there's
interest.

Lee Hasiuk