Always stop and look around when you get to the yellow line. How hard is it?
Always stop and look around when you get to the yellow line. How hard is it?
The hardest part is gauging whether the wally behind is going to keep on rolling and give you / me a nudge. I've developed the habit of rolling up to the junction at a snails pace to try and minimise the little tap of affection. I look at the line and watch my mirrors like a hawk. No leftie, rightie until I'm stopped.
Admittedly, I'm in the wops.
Manopausal.
Or the one in front that's turning the same way as you, then decides (after you have assumed he/she made the decision that it's safe to move on) to stop for reason known only to the driver. In the car I do the same as you at Stop Signs, otherwise it's easy to get into the habit of not fully stopping...like I do sometimes on the bike.
I'd suggest for some... Very Difficult.
Let's really have some fun and have 4-way Stops...
Though as has been said, there seems to be a plethora of Stop signs in parts of Auckland and they are often treated by the great unwashed as if they are a Give Way... with the giving way part being an optional extra... "I'll just go and you can stop for me".
When we lived up north there was a Stop Sign that about only 1-10 stopped at, some would go through it anywhere between 20-40 kph. Our street had the right of way but those that lived on the street would slow down when approaching that particular intersection. The closest I got to hitting anyone was when female driver finally managed to stop with 2/3 of her vehicle in my lane, causing me to go around her, I got the normal 'two hands in the air sorry look'.
Very similar story and only infringement I've ever argued in writing. I lost, paid and decided to move on with life.
I still like to look at the bigger picture and know I've been let off a few infringements in my time. Most recent being a few weeks ago, so I'm well on the winning side.
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You can stop without putting your feet down, and legally, you don't have to put your foot down, however, that's what the cops are looking for and judging a stop on (rightly or wrongly) so unless you like making your life difficult, it's easier to stop, put a foot down, and then go again.
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
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