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   From: liamoconnor@example.com   
      
   On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:19:51 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > I don't quite understand what this means. If the Stop sign is in the   
   > culdesac where it meets a busier road, then of course there should be a   
   > Stop sign, or a perhaps a Give Way sign for a less busy road. Again   
   > it's for the safety of both the people leaving the culdesac and the   
   > users of the other road.   
      
   Take a look at my example in Google Maps (street view).   
   It's a tiny culdesac (10 houses) connecting to a minor   
   road. There is no way the traffic from those 10 houses   
   needs a stop sign on the road it connects to. It's   
   impossible, from a data standpoint.   
      
   The only (logical) explanation is that the stop sign   
   is there for some other reason, which, it's clear (to me),   
   is to inconvenience traffic so that they don't use that   
   road instead of the expressway a thousand feet away.   
      
   But, if they wanted to slow down traffic, they should do   
   so with legal means (e.g., speed limit signs, speed bumps,   
   traffic quieting markings, etc.).   
      
   Their total disdain for the law in putting up those signs   
   in the first place means that I have absoloutely no respect   
   for them, or their illegal stop sign.   
      
   Therefore, I don't stop at that sign, ever. Unless there is   
   a cop there. Even so, I have a mind to mailing them a   
   certified letter telling them I will be driving by at   
   so and so a time and that I will not stop at that sign   
   and asking them to verify that and when they ticket me,   
   I wish I could get someone to help me, but when they   
   ticket me, I've a mind to fight it in court.   
      
   But, of course, that would take more time and money than   
   I care to spend; so, for now, I'll just not stop at any   
   of those illegally placed stop signs.   
      
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