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John Kane John Kane is offline
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Default Really stubborn or perhaps rather sad.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
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>>> A stop sign with a subsign that says cars on the cross street don't stop.
>>>
>>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/stop.jpg
>>>
>>> Uh......for what, maybe 80 years now, hasn't STOP meant "STOP", not "STOP
>>> LIKE ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS ARE DOING"?

>> That's crazy. Maybe they are having problems with people
>> going through that particular stop sign.
>>
>>> The other street not stopping is
>>> the default, innit? Unless, of course a sign *states* "4-WAY" (but of
>>> course then it's not a default situation).

>> Those 4-way stops are a menace. Same with people who
>> don't take their right of way, gesturing people ahead. But
>> that's another matter.
>>
>> nancy
>>

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> I hate it when people break the rules by trying to be nice! Follow the
> damned rules. They're in the driver's manual.
>
>

It is a pain. I cycle and people are nice enough to wave me through a
turn. I'd much prefer to wait but I sometimes go ahead just to be nice.

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John Kane, Kingston ON Canada