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wibo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

if trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk?

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if trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk?

wibo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 years ago
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    I live in California; many drivers here make it seem like regular cars can’t stop either the way they roll through stops.

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      Idk if this is more of a local thing but in Ohio we call rolling stops a California stop

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        I’ve always heard it called the “California Roll” from other Californians. I like the pun. A California roll is also a local kind of sushi.

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          California rolls (sushi) are common in mostly the entire US.

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            Sweden also has them

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          They are local like Hawaiian pizza is local to Toronto. They might have been created there but itnhas caught on elsewhere.

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      Cars in New Mexico appear to have brake failures at every stop sign, they slow down but do not stop.

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      When it done where I am at we call it a California stop. Explains where that name comes from that they actually have a saying for that type of "stopping ".

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      KY/OH here. It’s not a Cali thing, it’s an American thing. Almost daily I have people rolling through stop signs or just straight up not stopping at stop lights if they’re turning right.

      Story time: drove in Europe for the first time this year. Totally different. Lower speed limits even with that weird metric system. Way less lights and more round abouts and stop signs.

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        not stopped at stop lights if they’re turning right

        That’s because it’s actually allowed in the majority of the US

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        Well right turns on red are allowed in most of NA.

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