Pausing is to stop, cease, halt. Maybe try describing it again.
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Pausing is to stop, cease, halt. Maybe try describing it again.
My understanding and definition of pausing in a car is coming to a near stop, rolling, then excellerating, without coming to a complete stop. If completely stopped it's not a pause, it's a stop.
I understand the definition of pause so a car described as pausing has stopped. If the car actually rolled through the stop sign that’s a different matter. Not everyone who rolls through a stop signs gets ticketed. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose.
Then rolling through would be a better description. The reason I got a ticket was because I was at a stop light camera. What really irritated me was that there was no one coming on the cross street. This time I was in a left turn lane (green arrow) starting to move and was surprised that this police car, opposite to me rolled through his stop light in front of me. No, it was not a collision danger, but the camera (if there had been a camera) would have nabbed him.
That's called a rolling stop, wherein the vehicle is still in motion and usually deemed an illegal movement depending on the scenario. Some cops do care, most don't if it isn't posing a risk to other drivers.
Then rolling through would be a better description. The reason I got a ticket was because I was at a stop light camera. What really irritated me was that there was no one coming on the cross street. This time I was in a left turn lane (green arrow) starting to move and was surprised that this police car, opposite to me rolled through his stop light in front of me. No, it was not a collision danger, but the camera (if there had been a camera) would have nabbed him.
There were no cameras operating in my area. When I accidentally rolled through stop signs and people were around, I’d flip on my rear ambers and accelerate like I had somewhere to go. We called our rear amber “excuse me” lights.
Gotta grab those scones when they're hot-hot-hot out of the ovens!
It’s been a nice Saturday. The girls had a spa morning so they’re exhausted and stretched out on the back of the couch. The house is already clean so I worked remotely a while, grilled a dish, and now seasoning three pans again. Couldn’t ask for a better day so far.
Nice to hear.
Mrs AFB has been crafting most of the day, so I've been photo editing and calibrating my monitors.
Watched the Italian F1 qualifying highlights.
Preferably slathered with butter, and perhaps, strawberry, or raspberry jam.
I can just imagine how well the spa morning went down with 'the girls'.
Three pans? Serious cooking.
Hope she enjoyed herself crafting.
The girls got away from me last night and romped through some weeds and got burrs stuck in their coats.
I brought flowers to the groomer as a peace offering. Lol. I never properly seasoned these pans.
I prefer a thin layer of butter topped off with whatever preserves or jam we've got on hand made from the garden. If not, something else. There's a few small organic American co-ops that produce delicious stuff, but if I can get my hands on it, Les Jardins de Marie. Blows away whatever Bonne Maman makes save for a few of their flavors.
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I buy my jams (or preserves) from a Dutch lady who makes them herself (very high fruit quantities and low in sugar), or from Prunotto, in Italy (whose farm I visited around a decade ago), where their fruit content is wonderfully off the scale.
Once upon distant time, I used to buy Bonne Maman; for a commercial brand, they are pretty good, but the fruit content is too low, while that of sugar is too high, in my opinion.
They used to be good many years ago but when you begin seeing their products everywhere, then you have a problem. If you can get your hands on Les Jardins de Marie, I highly recommend it. They have everything including very unique jellies. I've tried a few fig jams in the past. I bought an organic one last year which was chock full of fruit and was basic but delicious. A year or two prior to that I'd bought a Italian, I believe, import that was spiced which I did not like.
To me pausing is braking just to point of a stop, then taking foot off brake and the car rocks forward and still has some momentum to continue, but with a full stop you hold the brake longer, to point where it's obvious you've halted forward progress, and to get rolling again you have to give it some gas.
If there's no right turn permitted on a red light then a pause just isn't gonna cut it... but I'm not sure how a camera measures if you paused/stopped before making a right when it is ok to turn on a red.
As far as a law enforcement officer making the call on how long is long enough of a "stop" before turning right if the turn is permitted, well... I'd try to beat the ticket in court because a moving violation is points on your license, at least in NY.
A stop (complete cessation of the wheels) whether a pause of .1 second or 2 full seconds is all that’s necessary (insofar as CA). My theory is many drivers in a hurry brake and feel for the car’s weight transfer at controlled intersections thinking it was a stop, but often isn’t.
Nonetheless I am of the belief judgement is an integral part of law enforcement particularly when it comes to traffic infractions. I detest cameras because it removes the human element. But a camera isn’t racist or emotional, I suppose.
Yes, in typical car parlance, if you talk to people in LE, a pause is synonymous with a "rolling stop" (if you think about the latter, that's obviously oxymoronic ...).
When pressing pause on a CD player does the music stop or just slow to a mumble?
As is the expression "near miss" which is used in major headlines all the time. Any idea where this came from and why "near hit" is not used?
When pressing pause on a CD player does the music stop or just slow to a mumble?
"Sir, you paused at the stop sign, and didn't come to a complete halt".
"I know, because when I push pause on my CD player the music stops ..."
"I see, OK, well here's your ticket, have a nice day, drive safe".
Lol. I saw an occupied car parked in a red zone so I rolled down my passenger window and politely reminded him he’s parked in a red zone. He replied, “I’m not parked, jackass.” I think he said jackass. Or something similar. So I got out and wrote him a ticket and as I hung it on his windshield said, “Here’s your $30 not-parked-in-a-red-zone ticket.”
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"Sir, you paused at the stop sign, and didn't come to a complete halt".
"I know, because when I push pause on my CD player the music stops ..."
"I see, OK, well here's your ticket, have a nice day, drive safe".
Lol, actually depending on how the contact went, I often said “have a better day”. Lol My sarcasm generated a few complaints in my day.
Hahaha, I've had issues with "not parking" in the terminal pickup!
"Sir, you can't park here"
"I'm not parked, I'm waiting on my wife"
Now astute readers will assume I wasn't rolling along in a non-stopped state, that I was, in fact, completely stopped, probably car in P/OOG/handbraked, but I had a little friendly chit chat about "parking" as a concept vs. just not moving, just long enough for the wife to make it out
"That's her! I'll get her bag!"