When do you stop?

Do you come to a full halt at a STOP sign

  • Yes - always

    Votes: 119 28.3%

  • Most of the time

    Votes: 175 41.7%

  • Some of the time

    Votes: 54 12.9%

  • Only when absolutely necessary

    Votes: 72 17.1%
  • Total voters
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Do you come to a full halt at a STOP sign, or do you treat the instruction as more as more of a suggestion, and only come to a halt when absolutely necessary?

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I like to use the four way stop near my house as an indication on the degradation of society and its ability to follow rules.
That thing is crazy, you are pretty likely to get rammed if you actually come to a full stop. You are also fairly likely to get T-boned because most people dont even slow down for it despite being a pretty large intersection.

Lately it doesnt bother me anymore, just a few more months of SA's lawlessness and I dont have to deal with it anymore.
 
TBH we do have some very stupid stops in this country. Couple come to mind where it would be much better as a yield.

What I find crazy though is pedestrian crossings. You paint the lines, but then nobody obeys them (i.e. stops for a pedestrian) unless you also put up a light. Now you have the light, you might as well not have the lines. Drivers will still try to accelerate to make the red even if the pedestrian is starting to cross, or they'll come to a hard stop right in the crossing. As a pedestrian it's so much often safer to jay-walk far away from any intersection that relies on a driver following the rules.
 
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Busy 4 way stops I usually stop, 3 way stops near me, never any cars from the other direction, so seldom stop at all like everyone else at those.
 
South Africa if I don't know the intersection, full stop, if I know it and it's e.g. That one road next to blouberg as t junction where the stop sign due to rework of main road decades ago blocking the thoroughfare, that one I don't know anyone that doesn't roll through.

Here in Austria, stop sign is a stop sign, they're only used when you need to actually stop, can only think of one possible exception at the moment, but near everything else is always a yield sign.
 
I only stop when there are other cars waiting, or if while approaching they are going to beat me to the stop street. As long as I have clear vision, I drive straight through. Outdated requirement/law, waste of fuel/brakes/time. It’s ridiculous that people expect one to stop at all times, including midnight when no one is on the roads. Speaking of which, I often stop and drive through red robots (traffic lights) when no one is there. Again, a pointless waste of time. It’s frustrating that cities need robots to generate jobs, when circles would be a far better solution.
 
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If other cars are around yes. If I am only car there or other cars are still a ways away from the stop street I slow down to check its safe and then cruise through. I know technically I should fully stop but I seldom see anyone do it anymore.
 
Good question.

Personally, I come to a dead stop, but depending on the conditions of the intersection, the time period I am stopping and observing will differ.

Taxis, Golf GTI's and Land Cruiser drivers get extremely angry and agitated though.
 
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Rocket-Boy said:
I like to use the four way stop near my house as an indication on the degradation of society and its ability to follow rules.
That thing is crazy, you are pretty likely to get rammed if you actually come to a full stop.
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Sometimes I wonder if the best course of action is for the roads people to just give up and paint the signs out.

That way the rules are no longer being broken, which is important for its own sake.

Then, reassess. Does this actually make sense as a 4-way stop?
 
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On busy roads, fourway stops and roads I am unfamiliar with I always come to a stop.

Quieter roads I know well I treat more as a yield.
 
Tomtomtom said:
Sometimes I wonder if the best course of action is for the roads people to just give up and paint the signs out.

That way the rules are no longer being broken, which is important for its own sake.

Then, reassess. Does this actually make sense as a 4-way stop?
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In our lawless society it does not make much of a difference anymore, its just there for the 1/10 who do care and hope it still makes a difference. But I think there are many stop streets that should rather be yield signs, it least one of the directions.

The most effecient system is a traffic circle. But South Africans don't understand or want to understand how it works. They treat it as a 4-way stop. Traffic circles are also more expensive, initially, to install as it takes more space and materials. However, long term it has the least maintenance. Can't get stolen. And can't easily be wrecked.
 
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