Every work day I cover 25 miles to work and then 25 back home. Often encountering drivers that make me wish for yearly or bi-annual behind the wheel testing. After a few close calls (and friends telling me I must be making some of this up) I decided to purchase an inexpensive dash camera that turns on and off with the ignition. These posts are pieces of the near daily antics encountered driving in the Antelope Valley and beyond.
Monday, February 3, 2014
California Stop and Bad time to hit brakes
SO this morning on the way into work I was doing the speed limit of 45 MPH on 90th Street East heading northbound. I had just passed the junkyard driveways approaching the signal. I see a person do what is called a California stop. You know, where a person slows just enough to look both ways but never actually stopping. Well that numb nuts did it within seconds of me entering the intersection and then, in that shiny new car, decided not to accelerate. To make it more entertaining the person decided to also brake and yank a touch right when they realized I was literally right behind them.
Lesson to learn: Come to a complete stop at any intersection where there is a stop sign or you have a red light for your direction of travel. Secondary lesson: Accelerate! Braking when someone is coming up behind you quickly is the incorrect choice.
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