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    My Stop =/= Yours Also

    To an extent, I can understand (note: NOT excuse!) why people want to keep momentum or are afraid of slipping/skidding. One wrong move on slippery roads and you are liable to go anywhere but stopping.

    But I think it's dangerous, not to mention plain stupid, why there is such an increase of people following me through stop signs this winter.

    It can happen any time of year, people are stupid/lazy/in a hurry, but in the winter is when it happens the most. Ever since it started snowing heavily in December and the roads have became slick more often than even halfway clear, it's almost a daily thing.

    Nearly every morning at this one stop sign on the way to my folks' place, the person behind me will always follow me through the stop sign if there is a clearing in traffic enough for them to get through.

    It upsets me and I am just so baffled. I mean, is keeping your momentum going that important that you'd risk following me no matter what? There have been days here and there where it's been cut close, or the snowbanks have been so high that the view is so horrid that there is no way they can see if anyone is coming before I can.
    You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth
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    I seem to encounter these types a lot around here, and they don't have the excuse of slick roads (yay coastal weather). It's almost like these people are somehow confused as to what constitutes a proper stop at a stop sign.
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      Both Monday morning and this morning at this one particular stop sign, someone followed me right through it, I'm assuming because both mornings this week the roads have been quite slick and gross.

      Someone is going to get themselves killed doing this, all in the name of trying to avoid having to slow down and stop.
      You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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      • #4
        I had some d-bag tailgating me on the way home. Snow is flying...roads aren't quite plowed and Mr. D-bag is right on my ass.

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          It's upsetting, sure... but there is this: it's their car and their butt, 85 percent of the time (or higher) that will get squished. Granted, the other person will too... but that's what low speeds and liability is for, yes?
          But still. Car crashes are nasty.
          EDIT: Mikoyan, that's when I would sllloooooowwww dooooowwwwnnn... what it's nasty out? and usually they'd move, or I'd move over...
          "Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
          "...and may it be that I cleave to the ugly truth, rather than the beautiful lie..."

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            Quoth teh_blumchenkinder View Post
            It's upsetting, sure... but there is this: it's their car and their butt, 85 percent of the time (or higher) that will get squished. Granted, the other person will too... but that's what low speeds and liability is for, yes?
            But still. Car crashes are nasty.
            EDIT: Mikoyan, that's when I would sllloooooowwww dooooowwwwnnn... what it's nasty out? and usually they'd move, or I'd move over...
            I did slow down....I wasn't in a hurry because I wanted to get home....

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