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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] They do, of course, but then they always have some reason why they can’t obey the traffic rules like stopping at stop signs,[/quote]

Reason 1 - If I can get through BEFORE cars show up at the intersection, I will be safer (those cars do not always stop)
2.  I can get away from the impatient driver on my tail
3.  I can see well enough to know the intersection is clear, and can keep momentum (nothing to do with shoes)
4.  I slow to a slower speed than the cars slow rolling the stop anyway, but you don't notice cause I was not going as fast to begin with. [/quote]

What?  So I'm driving a car, and I can just blow through a stop sign for those reasons.  When the police officer stops me, how do you think the excuse "I could see well enough to know the intersection was clear" will fly?

The traffic rules are the rules!

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First off, a proper Delaware yield does not blow through a stop sign - it slows down and yields approrpriately.

It is in fact the law in three states and has been discussed in others, including DC. It is NOT the law in Maryland, so yeah, someone doing that in Md is liable to get a ticket.

As for the rules being the rules, everyone knows you won't get a ticket for going 2MPH over the speed limit. And no one thinks you are a scofflaw for going at that speed. [/quote]

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