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Old 06-27-2014, 06:26 PM
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Running a stop sing or red light is a bit different than what is referred to as a rolling stop.
I see nothing wrong in most case with rolling stops. At most stop sigs here in The Villages, I can see up to a half of a mile in either direction. I going about 4-5 mph. It's really quite ridiculous to come to a complete stop with zero rotation of the wheels for three seconds in most of those cases. In fact the police will not stop or ticket people for doing because they know that they are not causing any danger. Do we really want our police wasting their time stopping and harassing people for not adhering to the letter of the law. They don't want to be wasting their time.
I agree, if people are just flying through stop signs without slowing down and there is other traffic, pedestrians, or cyclists approaching it is a huge problem. But I think that reasonable people can see the difference in two different situations.
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