Stop sign ticket question.

[BRD@66]

No ticket. Warning though. I did roll thru it without coming to a complete stop


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Yes. I got a warning from a TX state trooper on a Calif. stop way out west.

 

[Gilbertc13]

I got pulled over in my subdivision at 4:30am on my way to work. I didn’t even see him, didn’t think anyone would be out and was half asleep. I always stop during the day especially when kids are out. Never did I think I’d ever be pulled over in my neighborhood, let alone at 4:30am. I bet he figured I was a drunk driver, or he was bored as hell


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[BRD@66]

I..... I bet he figured I was a drunk driver, ....

^this. On average, there's only 3 kinds of drivers out at 4:30 a.m. One drives a two-toned Ford, one drives a yellow Ford and the 3rd is drunk. (Ok, my out-of-date car references are from the year 2010).

 

[txinvestigator]

On the last day of the semester, our driving instructor allowed us to run through the simulator a la Grand Theft Auto, i.e. we could do anything we want. This was long before such video games existed, and it was quite enjoyable!

Haahaahaa, must have been a thing, we did the same.

 

[Vaquero]

Haahaahaa, must have been a thing, we did the same.

We didn't have simulators.
We played for keeps. None of the tomfoolery.

 

[Bozz10mm]

We didn't have simulators.
We played for keeps. None of the tomfoolery.

Yeah, we had a 1963 Ford Galaxy. No simulator. Heck we barely had color TV.

 

[TexasRedneck]

'56 Buick Special was my first car. I didn't worry about out-runnin' nobody - I'd just crush 'em with those massive bumpers.....

 

[txinvestigator]

We didn't have simulators.
We played for keeps. None of the tomfoolery.

We had real road driving as well, but the simulators were fun too.

 

[Wiliamr]

A true Austin PD story. Woodrow and Morrow intersection is a four way stop sign intersection. I was stopped heading east on Morrow, a car coming south on Woodrow rolled up as I was getting ready to proceed, that car dis not stop, just sailed through the stop sign and an APD unit that came up at nearly the same time headed west on Morrow watched the car blow the stop sign... I waited for the APD to go nail the other car and nope nope.... As the APD vehicle passed me I flashed my lights and waved at him to stop, asked why he didn't go nail the stop sign runner, " Not going to worry about someone rolling through a stop sign, not that big a deal."

Oh well....

 

[deemus]

Has anybody gotten a ticket for not stopping long enough at a stop sign?

Three times.

 

[majormadmax]

We didn't have simulators.
We played for keeps. None of the tomfoolery.

The "simulator" was a projection screen and a console with rudimentary vehicle controls for each student. This was 40+ years ago.

During normal operations, a red light and buzzer would go off if we didn't react correctly, and the instructor had to keep tabs on each of the 12 or so students in the trailer.

During our "cleared hot" session, it was nothing but flashing red lights and buzzers!

We also had a closed parking lot with lanes to practice in using regular cars (which were piece of junk Chryslers), and then there were the "real world" tests in vehicles with dual controls. Two students had to sit in the back while a third was driving, that has to be one of the scariest things I've ever done in my life!

 

[BRD@66]

No simulator here. A 1958 Plymouth hot water 6. Ugliest vehicle on the planet at that time.

 

[TheDan]

What fancy ass schools did y'all goto that had simulators? Drivers ed was pretty unmemorable for me.

 

[avvidclif]

What simulator? Closest we had was a gas pedal and a brake pedal mounted on an angled board. Above it was a fake steering wheel with a green and a red light light bulb. When you mashed the gas pedal the green light went on. After an indeterminate period the red light would come on and you hit the brakes. It had an electronic time that showed your reaction time.

 

[lightflyer1]

My simulator was stealing my parents car at night after they went to bed. Never got ticketed or in a wreck. Passed my test with flying colors. I had to push it down the road before starting it and coast in when returning. Didn't help that it was a giant station wagon with a 454 ci engine. You could actually see the fuel gauge drop as you drove. Good thing fuel was cheap then!

 

[Riteii]

For the classroom portion we had a simulator. It was a film strip with audio. It would describe a situation and we had multiple choice questions. Push A,B,C or D. Always complained to the teacher if we got it wrong that the equipment was malfunctioning.

Driver's part was on Meyerland Speedway. '68 & '69 Camaro's. Teaching us how to enter and exit a freeway. Teach sat in the stands and "instructed" us on the FM station radio frequency.

STOP. ROCK and ROLL. That's how you stop at a stop sign. I still say that in my mind when I come upon a stop sign. Stop. The car Rocks back. And roll on through.

 

[easy rider]

What fancy ass schools did y'all goto that had simulators? Drivers ed was pretty unmemorable for me.

If I remember rightly, Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada. Circa 1973.

 

[Gilbertc13]

My simulator was stealing my parents car at night after they went to bed. Never got ticketed or in a wreck. Passed my test with flying colors. I had to push it down the road before starting it and coast in when returning. Didn't help that it was a giant station wagon with a 454 ci engine. You could actually see the fuel gauge drop as you drove. Good thing fuel was cheap then!

My uncle told me a story like that before he died. He used to steal my dads car at night. He would push it out of the driveway and his friend would push the car down the road while he steered and they’d jump start it after his friend hopped back in the car.

They also used to drive to hockey practice at 5am during the winter and compete with each other on who could ride on the roof rack the longest before tapping out. Jeez times must’ve been different then


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[TheDan]

Jeez times must’ve been different then

They haven't changed that much... I've had my "own" car since I was about 10 so I didn't have to "steal" one, but I definitely did the push it to the road before starting thing a few times.

I can't even remember all the dumb shit we did in cars in high school, but a friend of mine had to get pins in his wrist after falling off while car surfing. His mom tried to get my parents to pay for it because I was driving, but I told them "I told the dumbass not to do it but he did it anyway." My dad was like, yeah not paying for that

 

[BRD@66]

...... but I definitely did the push it to the road before starting ......

When I was in college, my '56 Chevy's compression was so tired that I routinely parked uphill. Finally got tired of it & sold it for $35. Agghhh!