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    Always stop and look around when you get to the yellow line. How hard is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzspokes View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    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.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzspokes View Post
    Always stop and look around when you get to the yellow line. How hard is it?
    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".

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    Quote Originally Posted by trufflebutter View Post
    I often see bikes not stopping at Compulsory Stops ie: foot or feet down. It's normally a quick check left or right then ride on through. To be fair though, some Compulsory Stops can be treated like a Give Way because of the visual scope, I know they shouldn't but they can.
    problem here is, it is not always obvious why it is a stop sign, we have one locally that has claimed one motorcyclist and i have seen another two occasions where bikes have taken serious evasive action from people only giving way (barely) and not stopping to look

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    Quote Originally Posted by russd7 View Post
    problem here is, it is not always obvious why it is a stop sign, we have one locally that has claimed one motorcyclist and i have seen another two occasions where bikes have taken serious evasive action from people only giving way (barely) and not stopping to look
    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'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    Left intersection and got $75 ticket because popo thought he spotted me roll through. Trying to explain something to someone who has already made their mind up is impossible. Still sore about it. Needing hugs.


    Very similar story and only infringement I've ever argued in writing. I lost, paid and decided to move on with life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trufflebutter View Post
    I often see bikes not stopping at Compulsory Stops ie: foot or feet down.
    You can come to a complete stop without having to put your feet down. The wheels are fully stopped moving and you balance.
    I think it was MDU who would get close to 30 seconds stopped while just balancing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    You can come to a complete stop without having to put your feet down. The wheels are fully stopped moving and you balance.
    I think it was MDU who would get close to 30 seconds stopped while just balancing.
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    You can come to a complete stop without having to put your feet down. The wheels are fully stopped moving and you balance.
    I think it was MDU who would get close to 30 seconds stopped while just balancing.
    LOL, yup. I've dropped that little bit of entertainment to appease the habitual observers. The G/F is way better, she's gone over 6 minutes. She had to put a foot down to light a fag.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    You can come to a complete stop without having to put your feet down. The wheels are fully stopped moving and you balance.
    I think it was MDU who would get close to 30 seconds stopped while just balancing.
    MDU is a legend, but I have seen him very unbalanced once or twice before today

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