RW> In which case the stop sign is the limit line.
 
Right.  The nose of your car at a stop should not be past the stop sign,
but the gendarmes around here aren't quite that picky.  You have to really
be doing something wrong to get their attention.
 
RW> I see drivers that don't stop at the limit line, but about 3 feet into
RW> the intersection. That and they're flying down the street and don't slow
RW> down until they're right on top of the stop sign.
 
So, those motorists are just like the ones we have here, except we have
some kamakazi drivers here who will see how close they can get to your car
without hitting it.  Real nutjobs.
 
RW> What gets me is that cars exiting the freeway have the right of way over
RW> traffic that is already on the road that the exit dumps them on. The
RW> entrance to the freeway is just 100 yards further down the road and
RW> traffic that wants to get on the freeway, can't because some jackass
RW> coming off the freeway thinks the road belongs to him. I complained and
RW> complained to the local PD about them speeding (70 in a 45) and they
RW> finally setup a laser speed trap, but only after a couple of high speed
RW> crashes off the exit. My pet peeve...
 
There is usually a relief area for that merging traffic.  If the traffic
that should have the right of way can't move over to allow that offramp
traffic to merge, then what the offramp drivers should do is wait for a
clear lane. Most places I've been the drivers will see you coming off the
ramp and either slow down or move over a lane to let you on.  That's the
law here.  Anyway, we're both old enough to know the world is full of
jackasses.  Sometimes others think we are.  (-:[
 
RW> Just like here, that street was one of only a few streets that gave
RW> access to the neighborhood where thousands of people lived. High traffic
RW> area at the AM and PM rush hour.
 
The rush hour in this town has changed since I lived here before between
1979 and 1995.  We had normal rush hour traffic back then.  After Katrina,
we had an influx of people moving into this town to begin their lives again
(I was one of them) and this town is bursting with population.  The rush
hour now starts around 05:00 and lasts until 21:00, if you can believe
that.  I'm still trying to figure out where all those people are going. 
Even getting to the bowling alley on Tuesdays for noon is problematical,
but I can understand why.
 
RW> I can't do that...When I feel the cop is wrong, I have to tell the cop
RW> he's a looney bin character needing a straight jacket. Heh...I've had
RW> plenty of judges read the record for a long time before proceeding with
RW> my case. And I'm not afraid to tell them a thing or two if I think it's
RW> needed.
 
You think they haven't heard it all before?  (-:  Think about all the
people in prison proclaiming their innocence.  Some of them probably are,
but the law of large numbers is a very big net and the law of large numbers
is what everybody goes by.
 
RW> In Sterling, IL, a cop stopped behind my car(s) while we were stopped at
RW> the curb. He had seen us at an earlier intersection and wanted to tell us
RW> that he thought the car that was following me was following me too close.
 
Jeez!  Must have been a slow day for him.
 
RW> On further inspection, he found out that the car following me actually
RW> had a tow-bar attached.
 
ROTFL!
 
RW> This was also during the early morning hours with no other traffic on the
RW> streets.
 
Maybe that's when they are not the most alert.
 
RW> After going through a traffic light controlled intersection, we had
RW> pulled over to the curb to let junior out of the campershell covered
RW> back of the El Camino and into the cab, where it was a bit warmer.
 
He say anything about that?
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... If I melt dry ice, I can go swimming without getting wet.
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