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Originally Posted by anothersteve
OK. Let's just say for the sake of argument, that a stop sign put up by a private entity is not "legally" a "stop" sign. One would think it is there for a reason and not for someone's pleasure to just mess with anyone. How would one know if that stop sign is "legally" enforceable. Wouldn't a reasonable person stop at said sign instead of thinking that said sign is "unnecessary", so I will not stop?
I see your point. I believe one should stop at a stop sign, period, there just might be a reason.
Steve
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Agreed 100% . However The way one would know if the sign is legal is by a FOI request of county or town or whatever for the authorization to post the sign (or light or whatever street sign). Same for radar speed tickets. Have to have a state (or maybe federal) certified radar detector or all tickets (IF CHALLENGED) would be tossed out. That actually happened to me in Broward County. My mother was taken to a hospital in really bad shape and I flew down from NJ. Driving (admittedly over the limit) down Pines Blvd to get to the hospital I got stopped for speeding 60 in a 50 IIRC. I hired a company down here, ticketclinic.com to just get the ticket reduced (which is virtually $$$automatic$$$ down here) in order to avoid points in NJ. Well, while fighting the ticket and evidently many others the radar was determined to have an expired certificate and my ticket was tossed out completely. Cost me $250 but saved me a whole lot more.