I’ve seen them called “Stop Lines”, “Balk Line”, etc. The thick line painted on the road at a Stop Sign.

You’re supposed to stop before the line, but a lot of the time there’s a bush or other obstruction so you can’t see any crossing traffic. You have to creep forward until you can see anything.

Is there a reason for this? Is it done on purpose? It makes sense if there’s a crosswalk or something, but I see it a lot where there shouldn’t be any pedestrian activity.

  • Carighan Maconar
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    That’s a good thing in a way because it’d mean if you adhere to road rules, then you’d have to crawl extra slow and stop more often around these areas, and Porsche etc drivers are the ones specifically where that is often a necessity due to how difficult their cars can be to spot.

    • @dingus
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      What? If I have to physically enter the intersection to see around a bush/obstruction, it’s not safe at all no matter how slow you’re going.

    • @Graphy
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      7 months ago

      Hah what a crock of biased shit take one look at this photo and tell me it’s for safety and not so this strip mall can look slightly less shitty

      This photo doesn’t even really stress how bad it gets right now in the spring because anywhere with sand/rocks will be a thick bush. Even in the photo the gray car in the middle is cutting into both lanes so a guy making a right has a bush and that to look forward to. If you decide to go north and take a left to get out then you’ve gotta dodge oncoming traffic and pedestrians leaving a busy store.

      You should always take it slow and crawl out of a blind corner but obstacles make it harder for no reason. In this lot if you crawl out enough to see left and right half of your car is already in the oncoming lane and you’ve crashed.

      Porsche etc drivers are the ones specifically where that is often a necessity due to how difficult theircars can be to spot.

      Lmao so let’s throw bushes everywhere so people and cars can’t see, gotcha. Jfc people