Monday, February 19, 2018

California Stop

When I went to UCLA some years back, the taxi took us from the airport to UCLA by taking back roads and not spending much time at stop signs.

I gather the rolling stop is part of the informal rules of the road there, though the link above suggests that other places indulge too. Enough of us obey stop signs around here to make the exceptions stand out--until the intersection gets icy. Then the more experienced drivers take it slow, but never quite stop. It is hard to get started again. I suppose that's technically illegal, but it helps keep driving safe.

Yes, the road to the stop sign is uphill. How'd you guess?

1 comment:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Same here in NH. Also if one is turning from a slow residential road to a secondary highway or other fast road. Those few mph's make a lot of difference in icy conditions reducing the amount of slipping sideways.