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Basically every single part of the US has a term for this as if people only do it there



I'm in Washington — we call it a California stop too, for whatever reason.[1]

A particular counterexample is the Idaho stop.[2]

[1]: https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/10/was-californi...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop


> I'm in Washington — we call it a California stop too, for whatever reason.

Same in Oregon. I'm guessing it has something to do with intersections controlled by "yield" signs in California, which we don't see many of here.




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