tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post4588964227938905127..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: "Complete stop"Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-65313668723563342812007-04-28T21:47:00.000-05:002007-04-28T21:47:00.000-05:00Keeping with the semantics of a stop sign, I suppo...Keeping with the semantics of a stop sign, I suppose my aunt and other NJ drivers who know how to shoot on the run while going through Parkway tolls would have a more liberal definition of a stop than even the proverbial Californian. My grandfather felt that if he stopped at a stop sign, he'd done his civic duty and could go whether or not he had the right of way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-22448188800352363762007-04-27T07:39:00.000-05:002007-04-27T07:39:00.000-05:00So, hh, it wasn't just me that was bothered by thi...So, hh, it wasn't just me that was bothered by this. That's a relief, in some sense!<BR/><BR/>Jangari, I'm with you on preferring yield/give way, but in the US, tons of people are ripping through stop signs as if they had no signage at all. Some places have specific bike laws about what 'stop' means -- 1 mph on the computer, etc. -- so that you don't have to put a foot on the ground.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-58970967439132576262007-04-26T02:47:00.000-05:002007-04-26T02:47:00.000-05:00To depart from the linguistics of it, I think comi...To depart from the linguistics of it, I think coming to a complete stop is potentially more dangerous that just a rolling stop (which I assume means you slow right down, probably foot the clutch, drop a gear or two, have a look then go again).<BR/>Give way signs (I think they're called 'yield' in the US) are much safer, because the requisite for going through it is that it is safe enough to do so. The requisite for a stop sign is that you have stopped. <BR/>If you stop really quickly then go again, then you've satisfied the conditions of the sign, but it isn't guaranteed to be safe. <BR/>Am I making any sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-59785052671947550952007-04-26T00:15:00.000-05:002007-04-26T00:15:00.000-05:00Glad you posted on this! I heard it this morning t...Glad you posted on this! I heard it this morning too, embedded in one of those 'don't you just hate it when...' kinds of comedy rants. I thought, man, I don't have time today to post about rolling stops! but somebody should! but now you've done it, hooray!<BR/><BR/>:) hhhhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842920098087151992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-2091507116527162722007-04-25T13:39:00.000-05:002007-04-25T13:39:00.000-05:00Hey, I hadn't thought about that: if Mr. Verb talk...Hey, I hadn't thought about that: if Mr. Verb talking about nouns might annoy mavens ...Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-61698535240206895582007-04-25T12:49:00.000-05:002007-04-25T12:49:00.000-05:00Complete stops... near misses... veggie burgers......Complete stops... near misses... veggie burgers... Mr. Verb talking about nouns... what is the world coming to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com