Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: Crazymofo
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Crazymofo
Give me a break you self-righteous pricks like none of you have never rolled thru a stop sign on a side street in the middle of the night at <10mph. And I don't want to hear one of you snot-nosed punks that still lives at home with mommy say no either, you're not allowed out after dark anyway. If the OP really hasn't ever had a ticket then he should fight this one for sure so that he can keep his record clean. Judges will work with someone that has a clean record... I f'ing hate laws like this its one thing to do it in the middle of the day but at night as long as it wasn't a blatant disregard that ticket has no meaning other than acting as an unfair tax. I can roll up to a stop sign and look both ways more than 5 times each without coming to a complete stop, how is checking for clear 5 times each way not sufficient enough? It?s the middle of the night the amount of traffic on the streets even in large cities is a 10th of normal if not much less. Some traffic laws should have a SOL for night time. I won't even get into the fact that he was treated like an escaped prisoner because he "rolled" thru a stop sign, now had he (and he may have we don?t know for sure) just "blown" thru it then he of course deserves this ticket
So, traffic laws should only be looked at as a general guideline? STFU already. He broke the law and he deserved that ticket. Failing to stop at a stop sign is a big deal. I don't care what time of day it is. Failing to stop at a red light is IIRC the most expensive moving violation you can get. I rank failing to stop at stop signs right up there because you put other people in danger by doing this. If you don't want a ticket then always assume there is a cop around and come to a complete stop.
Have I ever not stopped completely at a stop sign? Yes, I have. That doesn't matter though because that's not the issue here.
I have no problem with cops writing tickets for this.
BTW-If you treat cops with respect and don't act like a dickhead they generally won't hassle you. I suspect the OP was behaving in a way to arouse suspicion. What kind of car were you driving?
So you're saying that if you creaped up to a stop sign at 5 mph (I can walk faster than that BTW) and looked both ways several times before actually going thru the intersection you still deserve a ticket? The fact is you checked for traffic and confirmed none was coming you should be able to proceed without wasting brakes and gas by coming to a complete stop.
BTW a cop can give you a ticket for disregarding a traffic control device just for not stopping 100% at a sign as in you come to basically what is stopped but your tires are still rolling a bit after releasing the break and you go THAT's the same offense as the OPs in the laws mind. How is that not ludicrous?
At 11pm and later an intersection on a side street is going to get one maybe two cars every 30 minutes at most if not much less depending on what time it is. Rolling that stop sign is not in any way, shape, or form the same as blowing a stop light. The light alone means that traffic volume is MUCH greater at that intersection vs. one with a sign. Also why do we have yield signs if it?s so dangerous to roll an intersection? Why are school zones now only 25mph when kids are going to be around the streets? Because we aren't f'ing sheep like you and only know how to do or not do something unless a law says so and follow it blindly because the herder knows best.
F that I know the intersection is clear for the 1 second it takes to go thru and that?s what matters.
And yet another thing laws are simply guidelines and can be changed at any time by governing officials.
So we can break some laws, but not others?
I know a place with a stop sign, and I WOULD always stop, because it's a 100% blind turn out, and it's near a school.
I don't give a fvck about the time of day, there's no way to know what might be coming.
I hope one day someone rolls a stop sign and puts you in hospital for a week or so. Then maybe we'll see if your view changes
Laws are not guidelines.
If aws were guidelines, then you wouldn't get ticketed and fined for them, dumbass. Laws are a legal thing, and if you break them, you get in trouble.
Sure, you don't have to follow them, so in a way the may be guidelines, but if you break them, you are an ass, and you shouldn't complain when you get punished.
Breaking laws means punishment if you are caught. I don't give a fvck, and neither do the police, if you think they are guidelines or not.
And 1 or 2 cars every 30 mins?
What happens if he happens to hit that one car in 30 minutes? He gets fvcked over much more than a ticket would fvck him over.
The risk is still there, 11pm or 5pm.