[DonH57]

I have to admit today I got out of my cart several times and rolled across the stop sign and then got back in and went about my business. Didn't get caught once. Tomorrow may be different!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by DonH57

I have to admit today I got out of my cart several times and rolled across the stop sign and then got back in and went about my business. Didn't get caught once. Tomorrow may be different!

You may not have gotten caught, but tomorrow you may get run over!

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Because we're talking about slowly rolling through stop signs and some people think that every violation no matter how minor should be stopped and ticketed. The only way to do this is to have police stationed at every intersection. Otherwise, some people will get away with breaking the law and some won't. Why should some people just be unlucky? That just doesn't seem fair.

And just what in life was promised to you to be fair? Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you - goes for police, too!

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by wholman66

I was always taught to obey the law,,, period.. Have I ever broken a traffic law, absolutely, but the total disregard for stop signs and right turns at red lights, is out of control. Probably will never be corrected, gone on way too long. The issue for me is that it puts my life in danger. I walk early in the mornings and have had to dodge cars, golf carts and bikes in broad day light... They don't pay attention to crosswalks either!!!

My dear friend was taking her 10 year old son to school. Someone "rolled thru a stop sign" and hit her on the passenger side. Her son was seat belted but by some freak occurrence he hit his head on the side panel of the door. He finally survived after weeks in ICU but still has the mentatilty of a 5 year old ... 25 years later. Probably doesn't happen often but if it happens to you, it is one time too many. STOP means STOP... not if you feel like it...not if you think it is necessary. The stop sign is there for a reason. We don't get to pick and choose which laws to obey.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

My dear friend was taking her 10 year old son to school. Someone "rolled thru a stop sign" and hit her on the passenger side. Her son was seat belted but by some freak occurrence he hit his head on the side panel of the door. He finally survived after weeks in ICU but still has the mentatilty of a 5 year old ... 25 years later. Probably doesn't happen often but if it happens to you, it is one time too many. STOP means STOP... not if you feel like it...not if you think it is necessary. The stop sign is there for a reason. We don't get to pick and choose which laws to obey.

I'm sorry for your friend's experience. But do you honestly think a person "rolled through" a stop sign at 3-4 mph and caused this kind of damage? It sounds more like someone that just ran the stop sign without slowing down. Again what I'm talking about is slowing down almost to a stop at intersections where I can clearly see in all directions in low traffic areas.

[wholman66]

My friends, there in lies the problem!!!! I rest my case..

[Miles42]

Although correct we all drive a little over the speed limit, fail to come to a complete stop etc occasionally. The point being we should not whine complain etc about being picked on when called on it and given a ticket.

[helen lovely]

Nothing wrong with the stop signs. It's the people that run them that need to be fixed, adjusted, removed or whatever.

[zonerboy]

I have seen persons who come to a complete stop at a stop sign, the drive directly into the path of a vehicle entering the intersection at right angles which did not have a stop sign.
Accidents are mainly caused by people who are not paying attention, whether or not they are following the letter of the law.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by zonerboy

I have seen persons who come to a complete stop at a stop sign, the drive directly into the path of a vehicle entering the intersection at right angles which did not have a stop sign.
Accidents are mainly caused by people who are not paying attention, whether or not they are following the letter of the law.

You sure got that right!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by zonerboy

I have seen persons who come to a complete stop at a stop sign, the drive directly into the path of a vehicle entering the intersection at right angles which did not have a stop sign.
Accidents are mainly caused by people who are not paying attention, whether or not they are following the letter of the law.

If they hadn't stopped first, it would have been worse.

[karostay]

The law is the law period bend it twist it's the law

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

The only way to do this is to have police stationed at every intersection. Otherwise, some people will get away with breaking the law and some won't. Why should some people just be unlucky? That just doesn't seem fair.

I don't understand your logic.
We don't get to pick and choose which laws we obey based on whether we personally think the law is fair.

[DonH57]

Most of the stories I've read starting out with a cart operator and a initial traffic offense turning into a DUI is a basic failure of thinking. Driving a golf cart around TV is hard enough to do defensively.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I don't understand your logic.
We don't get to pick and choose which laws we obey based on whether we personally think the law is fair.

I was being a bit tongue in cheek or ironic.