Search String: Display: Description: Sort:

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*California\s+Stop\?\s*$/: 14 ]

Total 14 documents matching your query.

1. California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:01:53 -0700
Gee, and here I thought I had coined the phrase "California Stop". Here in Oregon I use the term to refer to those drivers who accelerate upon seeing a yellow light, and REALLY FLOOR IT if the light
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00031.html (9,593 bytes)

2. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:43:12 -0700
They're cracking down on people who roll through stop signs here. And run red lights. Haven't heard anything about running yellows-I think they'd be glad if running yellows was the problem-it's the r
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00038.html (10,825 bytes)

3. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:05:28 -0400
All over N. Va. they now have cameras posted on poles, take a picture of the tag and you are now the proud owner of a 75.00 red light ticket. The complete system cost about 100K for just on intersect
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00040.html (11,861 bytes)

4. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:27:02 -0400
Here on the 'right coast' (as opposed to the 'left coast') we use the phrase California Stop to indicate a mellow, laid-back kinda coasting-thru-the-intersection kind of manuever. Sort of seems that
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00043.html (8,462 bytes)

5. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:36:53 -0700
That's the definitive "California Stop". Maybe not the lifestyle-but surely the weather! Laura G. and Nigel
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00044.html (8,159 bytes)

6. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:34:14 -0400
Now how can anyone ever be jealous, of "Earthquakes", "Forest Fires" that miles upon miles, constant floods, and the biggest fault of them all "San Andreas", I think there was a song a few years back
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00049.html (8,885 bytes)

7. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:30:19 -0700
= I'll keep this and remind you of it when I'm driving around topless and you're digging out from 10 feet of snow! <VBG> Laura G. and Nigel-the California SuperSpit!!! Here in seeing a from the
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00050.html (9,364 bytes)

8. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:55:45 -0400
With all the hot air in D.C., it very seldom snows, but when it does, it's usually B.S. and not snow.
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00052.html (9,634 bytes)

9. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:41:11 -0700
Here is the joke about California stops. This guy does the infamous California stop and a policemen see's him do it. An easy ticket and the cop pulls him over. The driver argues with the cop that he
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00056.html (9,231 bytes)

10. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:43:52 -0700
I just wish we had the quick yellow before green as Europe does. are seeing be perfectly shaft after shift
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00057.html (11,871 bytes)

11. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:46:55 -0700
You forgot riots and drive by shootings. Peter S -- Original Message -- From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com> To: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net> Cc: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; <Laura
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00059.html (9,534 bytes)

12. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Childs" <tochilds@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:20:14 -0400
The same system is in use in Charlotte, NC with the same results! Nothing like getting a ticket by mail! Tony Childs 72 Spitfire - FK38809U 64 Spitfire - FC42218L -- Original Message -- From: Fred Th
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00060.html (13,047 bytes)

13. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: "R. A. Woodward" <conn@wctc.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:35:18 -0500
I've always known a "California Stop" as making a right turn at a stop sign without coming to a full stop. New York State Troopers call it a "Hollywood Promise," and in the Carolinas they call it a "
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00062.html (10,753 bytes)

14. Re: California Stop? (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:37:59 -0700
It's a system they've been using for years in South Africa (my ex-room mate was s. african)-I can imagine what a joy to open ones mailbox and find that someone had thought of you that day! ;-) I'm no
/html/spitfires/1999-06/msg00067.html (14,385 bytes)


This search system is powered by Namazu