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Lamplighter · 07-03-2015, 06:58 PM

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Back in the 60's we lived there for a while,
and were told that when your lane of traffic is stopped at a STOP sign,
once you have stopped your own car, you don't have to stop again for that intersection.

What this meant in heavy traffic was that when one car got through the intersection,
all the other cars behind it could and did go right on thru - without stopping.
But, then the cross-traffic was then caught in a dead stop.

Once I was first car caught in such a blockage, so I had my wife take the wheel.
I got out of the car and (carefully) stepped in front of a car coming thru the intersection.
When that car stopped, and my wife drove through the gap
... as did all the cars behind her !

It was incredible how angry was the driver of the car I stopped
... and all the drivers behind him.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2015, 06:10 PM

Thankfully many idiots eventually remove themselves from the gene pool, just try not to stand too close.

Carruthers · 07-05-2015, 10:05 AM

Impressive...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-05-2015, 12:29 PM

Why? It didn't even blow his hat off.

07-03-2015, 06:58 PM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The TYWKIWDBI blog is the source of this pic: Back in the 60's we lived there for a while, and were told that when your lane of traffic is stopped at a STOP sign, once you have stopped your own car, you don't have to stop again for that intersection. What this meant in heavy traffic was that when one car got through the intersection, all the other cars behind it could and did go right on thru - without stopping. But, then the cross-traffic was then caught in a dead stop. Once I was first car caught in such a blockage, so I had my wife take the wheel. I got out of the car and (carefully) stepped in front of a car coming thru the intersection. When that car stopped, and my wife drove through the gap ... as did all the cars behind her ! It was incredible how angry was the driver of the car I stopped ... and all the drivers behind him.

07-04-2015, 06:10 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thankfully many idiots eventually remove themselves from the gene pool, just try not to stand too close. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-05-2015, 10:05 AM	#3
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Impressive... __________________

07-05-2015, 12:29 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why? It didn't even blow his hat off. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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