What does this sign mean? Easy question, right? Apparently not. APPARENTLY, many, many people think this sign is the acronym for "Slight Tap on Pedal".
No, ASS HOLES, it means STOP - as in come to a complete rest, all motion ceased, your car no LONGER MOVING, the opposite of GO.
Every morning - and evening - I risk my life trying to cross at 3 and 4 way intersections with prominently placed STOP signs, all of which are utterly ignored as folks (usually the jerkwads are on cell phones, too, also an illegal bit of business) zip right on through. Occassionally a momentary slowing (from 40 in a 30 mph zone to oh, say, 39?) before hitting the gas.
This morning I was nearly run down by a cop who also, apparently, didn't recognize the old red octagon for what it means.
I hate these people.
No, really, I do.
People on a cell phone, in a car packed with kids, don't stop at a STOP sign and nearly run over pedestrians. And did it ever occur to them that a big old semi bearing down on them may actually EXPECT them to stop, and when they don't?
Squashed kids.
Please. When you see the red sign with the white letters, do what it says. STOP.
The kid you save may be your own. Or, at the very least, the bumper. Like the one I saw lying on the side of the road this morning.
And you won't have me flipping you the bird in the rear view mirror.
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