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loeg on April 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch The...

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

amanaplanacanal on April 30, 2019 [–]

> 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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