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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I can't believe it... I got a traffic ticket yesterday! And it really was my fault!
I'm not the most law-abiding person in the world, but there are some rules that I just NEVER break. I follow the law as long as:
I wish to, and breaking it won't hurt anyone else...
I wish to, and it usually won't hurt me if something goes wrong...
I wish to.
But there is one law I NEVER, EVER, break. I ALWAYS make a full stop at stop signs. I look both ways, often twice, then start up again. I don't even do that much at traffic lights! But I always do at stop signs, especially those that I know have really blind cross traffic. Like the one yesterday that has absolutely NO visibility in any direction without creeping forward, LEANING forward in the saddle to look past the blocking walls in BOTH directions, checking twice, then proceeding. I go through this intersection several times a week. I know it's there. I know it's dangerous. I always stop and check.
Except yesterday... when I sailed through the intersection as if it wasn't there.... I must have been sound asleep... Unfortunately, the cop wasn't. Bummer.
Stitchawl
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Thanks for the reminder, Stitchawl. I had a customer in last week, late at night when it was slow, and we got to talking. He'd been in Japan. He was describing to me an intersection just like the one you described (and I bolded) above. I'm glad you're okay
. Those intersections sound like a nightmare no matter what you might be driving!