What do you call it in your country/state/planet/wherever you live

[2fish]

When a person comes to a stop sign and they only touch the breaks long enough for the brake lights to come on then keep going. In Arizona we call it a "California stop and go".

I have no idea where this name came from, but it seems to be a universal term here.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I call it a "stupid driver."

 

[delet]

We call that a 'rolling stop' over here.

 

[Gigaguy64]

I call it "Illegal".

In all seriousness i have no idea.

 

[MzStrange]

'california stop'

 

[enriel]

Yep, California Stop. (not the and go part)

Or, if you're teaching any iteration of a Driver's Ed class, it's a 'Rolling Stop'.

I imagine it comes from the stereotype that Californians drive like assholes.

Granted, Coloradans (where I'm from BTW) drive like assholes too, so who really knows?

 

[NeutralDrow]

We call that a 'rolling stop' over here.

Same.

Didn't know Arizonians didn't have such a weird name for them. Or that they attribute us in the name, for some reason. >_>

I imagine it comes from the stereotype that Californians drive like assholes.

Didn't realize we had that stereotype. I thought it was just that we drive everywhere.

 

[theComposer]

We call that a 'rolling stop' over here.

Pretty much this. I've never heard it called anything else.

 

[bladax]

"Rolling stop" over in Houston

 

[Littlee300]

Rolling stop in... Arizona

 

[Benmonkey7]

I never knew it had a name. But I never even started driving yet so that might explain why.

 

[2fish]

Rolling stop in... Arizona

Traitor! I will send my sock puppets after you! you are the first AZ Person I have asked who didn't say cali stop or something along those lines. Are you a native?

Edit: I hate it when I mess up my improper punctuation.

 

[me.vicky]

Darn. When I read the title I thought it was a thread for, like, euphemisms for sex. Ah well.

OP: In North Carolina (at least in my peer group) we call it a "Hollywood Stop" because, according to my driving instructor, it's the kind of stop you see in movies. Same general idea, though.

 

[mastermerrick]

Some Driver's Ed programs in south Florida call it a California Roll

 

[Saulkar]

In Canada it is known as a Rolling Stop.

 

[Eumersian]

Rolling stop. But I'm a Massachusetts driver, so it's called "stopping at a stop sign".

 

[mjc0961]

Another vote for rolling stop.

Illegal is also an acceptable answer.

 

[enriel]

We call that a 'rolling stop' over here.

Same.

Didn't know Arizonians didn't have such a weird name for them. Or that they attribute us in the name, for some reason. >_>

I imagine it comes from the stereotype that Californians drive like assholes.

Didn't realize we had that stereotype. I thought it was just that we drive everywhere.

Probably only a stereotype in this area, since we get a lot of people who move from California and like I said, asshole driving is a thing here too. And of course, who wants to assume that it's their own fault, right? Clearly all of these asshole drivers are those darn Californians. d=

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I'll stop long enough to make sure no one is coming, I need new breaks soon and that's why I do it just so they last longer until i get new ones, I'm a pizza delivery boy