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Old May 5, 2009 | 12:46 AM
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Default stupid law, and i'm an idiot for breaking it

man i just had to pay 266 for my ticket for rolling a stop sign 2 seconds away form my house

haha there goes my intake money
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Old May 5, 2009 | 12:56 AM
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That's not just a CA law... that's an anywhere law. Stop signs mean stop... not "keep driving slowly."
Old May 5, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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You wouldn't be saying it was 'stupid' if another guy rolled it and t-boned you.

Old May 5, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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Old May 5, 2009 | 01:12 AM
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Sounds like you deserved it.
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:13 AM
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Stupid idea... IBTL?
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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ouch that sucks. live and learn.
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Yanki01
This.
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:19 AM
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lol dude not to be mean but i agree. stop does mean stop and you learn that in drivers school.
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:24 AM
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yaa i usually do stop at stop signs but this was a stop sign in front of my house
:?
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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Man you didnt even do a Cali stop? you just rolled right through it? Turns out there are cops out at the right time.
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stop really means go...

shhhhh!!

hopefully you learned your lesson..
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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you know the stop signs that are outlined are optional? how'd the cop see you?
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Originally Posted by UUUUUhhhhO
yaa i usually do stop at stop signs but this was a stop sign in front of my house
:?
Does that make it special? No. It doesn't.
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and people take stop signs by my house all the time. The good old "rolling stop"
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:39 AM
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stop means stop....you FAIL
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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How is that stupid? You drive around without stop signs & see how much the accident rate increases.
Old May 5, 2009 | 01:46 AM
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ibtl
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Derp. Next time stop.
Old May 5, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ack154
That's not just a CA law... that's an anywhere law. Stop signs mean stop... not "keep driving slowly."
Yep. While we're on the subject, I want to share something that happened to a friend of mine...

One day he gets pulled over for rolling thru a stop sign. He asked the cop "hey, what's the big deal? There was no traffic and I slowed down." So the cop whips out his nightstick and starts beating the poop out of him. The cop asks "Do you want me to stop, or slow down?"





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