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Old 09-06-2014, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by DonH57 View Post
Driving defensively is the order of the day here in TV. I can't count how many times I've seen a car come down a side street to my right and blow thru the stop sign not even looking to their left to see if someone is there. How these people are still alive is beyond me.
I agree that completely blowing through a stop sign without slowing down or looking is very dangerous.

The thing is that so many of the intersections here have great visibility. You can often see a quarter of a mile in every direction when you are approaching fifty yards from the intersection. In those cases people that slow down and proceed safely are not driving dangerously.

Although I'm sure it happens, I don't think I've personally ever seen anyone down here completely blow through a stop sign without slowing down any looking.
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