[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

You had 70 mph speed limits on the surface roads in your home town? Where do you come from? I've driven across many states in this country and in a few foreign countries and I've never seen a speed limit of 70 mph except on major highways.

What you said. She had to live on a major interstate.

[Villager Joyce]

Maybe it is Hillsborough or because I live there I'm on the road constantly. Stop is only a suggestion does apply. Cosmos and infinity is another example. It is more of a if I can't see anyone coming, I don't stop. Pretty much the same at the intersection of Druid and hillsborough. Guess we are all the young rowdy group (that's from an earlier post insulting the people in the Brownwood area) that runs stop signs and plays their stereos too loud.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

Maybe it is Hillsborough or because I live there I'm on the road constantly. Stop is only a suggestion does apply. Cosmos and infinity is another example. It is more of a if I can't see anyone coming, I don't stop. Pretty much the same at the intersection of Druid and hillsborough. Guess we are all the young rowdy group (that's from an earlier post insulting the people in the Brownwood area) that runs stop signs and plays their stereos too loud.

That's pretty much standard operating procedure for most people everywhere I have ever lived. You slow down as you approach a stop sign. If you can see a quarter mile in every direction before you get to the intersection and nothing is coming, most people proceed safely without coming to a complete stop.

This is not a Druid St thing or a Hillsborough thing or a Brownwood thing. It's done pretty much every where in the world by 90% of drivers.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

That's pretty much standard operating procedure for most people everywhere I have ever lived. You slow down as you approach a stop sign. If you can see a quarter mile in every direction before you get to the intersection and nothing is coming, most people proceed safely without coming to a complete stop.

This is not a Druid St thing or a Hillsborough thing or a Brownwood thing. It's done pretty much every where in the world by 90% of drivers.

That's the way we did it in the flatlands of southern Ohio. Come up to a stop sign where you can usually see 5 miles either way and stand on it! The only danger was at night because deer don't stop for stop signs either!

[graciegirl]

Being raised in a policeman's home, (I still have trouble saying "cop") is probably worse than being a preachers kid.

And my grandfather was six four.

Nobody messed with me.

But I didn't have a smart mouth like I do now.

[Villager Joyce]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

That's pretty much standard operating procedure for most people everywhere I have ever lived. You slow down as you approach a stop sign. If you can see a quarter mile in every direction before you get to the intersection and nothing is coming, most people proceed safely without coming to a complete stop.

This is not a Druid St thing or a Hillsborough thing or a Brownwood thing. It's done pretty much every where in the world by 90% of drivers.

When it is a stop sign, I stop. When it is a yield sign, I yield. Guess I am a goodie two shoes. I thought I was a wild and crazy girl. This has been eye opening. I need to go to see my shrink.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

When it is a stop sign, I stop. When it is a yield sign, I yield. Guess I am a goodie two shoes. I thought I was a wild and crazy girl. This has been eye opening. I need to go to see my shrink.

Me too. I can see it in the "wilds" of southern Ohio like DonH57, or in the middle of Nevada, etc., but I sure don't see doing it around here. You may think you're seeing everything, but you may not be.

[DonH57]

I sure wouldn't do that anywhere in TV or anywhere. I'm amazed by the ones I've witness not only run the stop sign but turn to the right and not even look to their left before hand. My only thought at that time is, How are they still alive?

[twoplanekid]

The old rolling stop can sometimes lead to a ticket. Be safe out there.

[villagetinker]

OK, I cannot tell you the number of times over the last 18 months that I have seen LEFT turns from Hendry to Pinellas Place with no stop. I was almost broad sided by some idiot that did not look and ran the stop sign. I was on Pinellas going toward Pinellas Plaza, and idiot was on Hendry making a left, he missed hitting me by a few feet, but only because I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP on Pinellas. this is one intersection I would love to be monitored, very few people stop.
Thank you for the rant......

[Mikeod]

My problem is with cart drivers who come out of side streets without stopping to go into the diamond lane. They may know what they intend to do, but, in my car, I don't know whether they are crossing the street or going in my direction. Just because the diamond lane is clear doesn't mean you can pull out without stopping. Some of them make such a wide turn that they enter the auto lane briefly which increases the angst for other drivers.

On the flip side, I never turn left out of my street if a cart is in the diamond lane such that I would create concern in their mind that I might cross into their lane in doing so. I always delay so they have gone by when I proceed.

[MDLNB]

Interesting that a car is only stopped for a speeding ticket IF it's going five or more mph over the speed limit, and yet a golf cart?????

Almost daily, I am behind someone driving a golf cart that drives right through ALL stop signs without even pausing. DAILY!! I have even seen cars slam on their brakes and drivers shake their heads when they have to avoid golf carts speeding through stop signs.

Even though I get a bit irritated at those carts that pass me, I have yet to see an accident resulting from a golf cart moving too fast. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but the accidents I see reported are usually resulting from negligent operation, such as hitting a curb or running into a car lane and being struck by a car.

If one can operate a car at highway speeds safely, surely a golf cart going a little over 20mph can be operated safely too. I'm not condoning speeding, but I think that many of us are more upset at being passed by a faster vehicle than worrying about a vehicle moving at a little over the 20mph speed limit. I am more concerned about those who blatantly run stop signs and exit tunnels onto the cart paths without stopping to see if there is ongoing traffic. This is just my two cents worth, and I am sure that there will be plenty of those that are in disagreement. And yes, I have also been passed by golf carts on public streets, not just the cart paths. That means that they have to move out of the multimodal lanes into regular traffic lanes to do so. That puts that operator into a potential hazardous situation.

[roxy55]

I see people speeding everywhere these days including on Morse. I drive on Camino Real every morning on my way to work and pickup trucks pass me doing @ 55 MPH. I have not seen one get pulled over yet!

[PaPaLarry]

My rule of thumb for speed limits on Morse & Buena Vista is, if there are cart paths on street, its 30mph, and if there are no cart paths on street, its 35mph.

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

When it is a stop sign, I stop. When it is a yield sign, I yield. Guess I am a goodie two shoes. I thought I was a wild and crazy girl. This has been eye opening. I need to go to see my shrink.

No, you ARE RIGHT. Stop signs mean STOP, not pause, not speed through, just STOP. Regardless of whether there is traffic or not, the law says we stop for the STOP sign. If it was meant as a yield then it would be a yield sign instead of a STOP sign. When I was a COP, I rarely gave speeding tickets, but I would give a violation of a red light or stop sign every time I witnessed it.