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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <2014030116202645495-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,   
   Savageduck  wrote:   
   > On 2014-03-01 20:13:12 +0000, Liam O'Connor  said:   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > ...and you know this, how?   
   >   
   > > 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.).   
   >   
   > How about tire shredding spike strips?   
      
   Nah. Buried mines and missiles are the best way to stop boyracer hoons.   
   -)   
      
      
      
      
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > Illegal???   
   > Just because the placement of that sign doesn't meet your idea of   
   > logical placement does not make it illegal.   
   >   
   > > Therefore, I don't stop at that sign, ever.   
   >   
   > Let's see how that practice holds up if you should meet another driver   
   > entering Llewellyn Ave, as you fail to stop at that "illegal stop sign".   
   >   
   > > Unless there is a cop there.   
   >   
   > So you have some concern that there might be some legal consequences   
   > for not stopping at that "illegal stop sign"?   
      
   Unfortunately, that stupid attitude is the same far too many selfish   
   and ignorant drivers, who think the laws don't apply to them.   :-(   
      
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