Stop Sign's and White Lines

We are talking about 3". In most jurisdictions, in order to be cited you must be fully encroached, or addressed on the opposite side of the stop line. The width of the stop line is considered to be the reasonable margin of error.

I find it odd that your sig line "questioning the government" et al, et cetera ad nauseum, reads as it does, then you wax on about how you like seeing wolf packs operating...which, oh by the way, break more traffic laws than they enforce when they break the speed limit to leap frog in front of traffic to set up speed traps...er...special enforcement zones.

Hand held devices? Yep...absolutely. One of the last citations I wrote before I retired was to some snapperhead who was driving (steering with her elbow), texting on one phone while talking on another. But that's apples and oranges.

Running red lights and stop signs...yep, you betcha by golly. Have you any idea how many stop lines are set up in contradiction to the law in various municipalities?

And sorry...but "some", not "most" stop lines, as you claim, are set up to ease traffic flow, and especially not at a stop SIGN, rather than a stop LIGHT where a sensor in the stop line would actually be present. When is the last time you saw a stop SIGN turn green?

Oddly enough...in my city...the statute requires a full stop behind the stop sign, not the stop line. The statute hasn't even caught up with public works.

The OP got hammered by a traffic ##### over a 3" margin of error.

 

Yes, I question the Government. That is the job of every citizen, and if more citizens did so perhaps the government would actually work for the people it governs.

Laws differ state to state and region to region. It is also the responsibility of the citizens to know those differences and abide by the law of the state or municipality they are currently in.

And yes, I still approve of the Wolf Packs enforcing traffic regulations on public highways. They shouldn't be necessary, but since people refuse to follow regulations then enforcement is a must.

I also feel that violating traffic regulations should carry stiffer penalties than they do today. For everybody! People ignore traffic regulations because getting caught results in little more than a slap on the wrist.

And in Pennsylvania (my home state), being three inches over the stop bar IS enough to result in a ticket for ignoring a traffic control device if the LEO decides to enforce. Many states in the New England area WILL enforce such as well.

Follow the rules of the road, and everybody gets to do their jobs and go home to their families safely. Unlike the chaos we have on today's highways.