On Jan 27, 2008 7:30 PM, Alex S. <<a href="mailto:maps@swavely.com">maps@swavely.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jo wrote:<br>> A stop sign is internationally a red octagonal sign with STOP written<br>> on it in white letters. It means that officially a full stop has to<br>> be made. In the US it's best to actually also do that, cause they are<br>
> very strict about it.<br><br>Not everywhere. There is a maneuver known as a 'California Stop' in<br>which a driver at an intersection marked 'stop' slows to 5-10 mph, then<br>continues through.<br></blockquote>
</div><br>That's a nasty rumor. ;-) It still means full stop, even in California. If you do that in front of an officer of the law, you will regret it... I've actually witnessed *bicyclists* ticketed for not stopping at a stop sign (on a dead still residential street, near the end of a 50 mile Multiple Sclerosis benefit ride, to boot).<br>